On January 29 around 20:53 (local time), a passenger plane managed by PSA Airlines collided with a Black Hawk (Sikorsky H-60) helicopter, resulting in a deadly crash near Washington DC, according to reports that L ‘Army helicopter was leading flight training and passenger plane was approaching Ronald Reagan airport to land when the collision occurred. Both vectors crashed into the nearby Potomac river.
Although the recovery efforts are still in progress, it is assumed that all 67 people on board, including 64 on the plane and three soldiers on the helicopter, were killed in the accident. A promising Corean American figure skater, DistantAccording to reports, it is one of them.
Originally from Boston, Han was a dedicated athlete, training almost every day at the Boston skating club in Norwood, Massachusetts. Doug ZeghibeThe CEO of the Boston Skating Club, remembered it as “Wonderful guy “ and a “Great athlete, great competitor, loved by everyone. “
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Second News of the CBSZeghibe confirmed that Han was in flight with another skating prodigy, Spencer Lanewhich was adopted by Korea. Both were in flight with their mothers. In addition, the couple Evgenia Shushkova AND Vadim Naumovwho were the coaches and former winners of the 1994 world championship, were also on the same flight.
Han and Lane were among the around 20 skaters aboard the passenger plane, together with their parents and coaches. They were returning home after participating in a national training camp for promising young Wichita skaters, Kansas.
January 30, President of the United States Donald Trump declared in a press conference, “Unfortunately, there were no survivors “, adding that 27 bodies had been recovered from the plane and one by the helicopter. The head of the Washington DC firefighters also held a press conference, affirming: “Despite all efforts, we are now at the point of going from a rescue to a recovery operation “, insinuating that they were looking for the bodies, having eliminated the possibility of living survivors.
THE Associated Press He defined this accident one of the most fatal aeronautical accidents from 12 November 2001, when a passenger flight of the American Airlines crashed in a residential area shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing all 260 people on board.
We pray that all the victims of this tragedy will rest in peace.
