An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, with no survivors expected.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Russian figure skaters were on board the crashed American Airlines plane.

The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

All are feared dead in a crash involving a Black Hawk helicopter built by Connecticut's Sikorsky and an American Airlines plane in Washington, D.C.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday there were Russian nationals on board the American Airlines flight which collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington DC.

Russian figure skating pair Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among those on board when an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army helicopter, the Kremlin said.

The two Russian figure-skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event. They also had a son who finished fourth

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday the death of Russian citizens on board the plane that crashed in Washington a day earlier.

After a 60-passenger American Airlines flight and U.S. Army helicopter collided mid-air Jan. 29, a man shared the final text messages he received from his wife aboard the aircraft.

The Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the words of the American leader that he did not discuss the plane crash in Washington with the head of the Russian Federation

The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed that Russian figure skaters, along with other Russian nationals, were among those aboard the aircraft that crashed in Washington, according to a report by TASS. Addressing reports about former Russian figure skaters being on the flight,