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A pilot aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed in Washington D.C. shared his excitement about an upcoming family cruise in his final words before boarding the ill-fated flight.

As you probably heard, several figure skaters were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed in Washington DC on Wednesday evening.

Oh, this is terrible. Several members of the US Figure Skating team were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into a helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday night.

The bodies of 28 people have been recovered following the American Airlines plane crash near Washington DC, officials have confirmed. Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a US Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at around 9pm local time on Wednesday (January 30).

Two of the passengers on board the American Airlines flight which collided with a military helicopter in mid-air over Washington DC were world champion figure skaters, it has been revealed.

Jack Dunn An American Airlines passenger jet collided with a U.S Army helicopter Wednesday night while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washinton D.C., causing news outlets like AP, CNN, New York Times, ABC and more to commence wall-to-wall coverage of the tragic accident. According to AP, the crash occurred around 9 p.m. ET as American Airlines flight 5342 approached Reagan National.

John Travolta’s latest work in “The Shepherd” brought him back to a near-fatal experience he had while piloting a plane with his entire family on board.The “Grease” actor, 69, recalled the moment while promoting his latest short at a London screening. The project, based on the 1975 novella by Frederick Forsyth, tells the story of a young Royal Air Force pilot (Ben Radcliffe) attempting to land safely after suffering an electrical failure mid-air, and requires assistance from another pilot (Travolta).“The kismet of the project is, I actually experienced a total electrical failure, not in a Vampire but a corporate jet, over Washington D.C., prior to my discovering the book,” the Oscar winner said, per the BBC.“So when I read the book, it resonated more because of this experience I’d personally had.”In 1995, the licensed pilot revealed in a New Yorker interview that he was forced to make an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with his family in 1992.“I had two jet engines, but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing,” he said, noting it taught him “what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die.”“I thought it was over,” he continued.