The ice skating community in Greater Boston is waiting to learn if fellow skaters or coaches are among those killed in the mid-air collision of an American Airlines plane.

Members of the U.S figure skating team were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C, on Wednesday night and plunged into the Potomac River,

Some members of the U.S. Figure skating community were reportedly on board a passenger jet that crashed into an Army helicopter.