The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally. Among the passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston who were returning from the U.S.
The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally.
Among the passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston who were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. They included teenage figure skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers and two highly regarded Russian-born figure skating coaches, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. All 64 people on board were feared dead.
Air travel accidents in sports are rare, but they have had devastating impacts on national programs, amateur teams and professional clubs.Canadian Football League all-stars On Dec. 9, 1956, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 crashed into Slesse Mountain, southeast of Chilliwack, B.C., killing all 62 aboard. The Vancouver-to-Calgary flight included five CFL players returning from the East-West All-Star Game: Saskatchewan’s Mel Becket, 27, Mario DeMarco, 32, Gordon Sturtridge, 27, and Ray Syrnyk, 22, along with Winnipeg’s Cal Jones, 23. It remains one of Canada’s worst aviation disasters.On Feb.
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