Figure skaters and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. this week will be honored when the world ...

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

Coach Alexandr Kirsanov and skaters Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the plane, Kirsanov's wife, Natalia Gudin confirmed.

An American Airlines jet collided midair with a military helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday evening, killing 67 people.