U.S. figure skating team speaks out on DC PLANE CRASH. BREAKING NEWS!

Elite U.S. figure skaters were onboard the American Eagle flight that collided midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday, U.S. Figure Skating said early Thursday.

Two Russian world champions were also among the passengers on the doomed flight, Russian state media reported.

U.S. Figure Skating said the athletes were returning from a training camp in Wichita, Kansas.