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Norwood Residents Among Passengers of Flight 5342, Which Crashed in Incident with No Expected Survivors
Two Norwood residents are among the passengers of American Eagle Flight 5342, all who are feared dead, after their plane crashed with a military helicopter as the plane descended over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening, January 29th. No survivors are expected from the collision.
Norwood residents and spouses Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova are figure skating coaches for the Skating Club of Boston, which has its central facility located in Norwood. They are among six members of the club who were named as being passengers on Flight 5342.
The other four Skating Club of Boston members on the flight were athlete Jinn Han and her mother Jin Han, and athlete Spencer Lane and his mother Christine Lane.
“Our sport and this Club have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy,” said Mr. Zeghibe. “Skating is a tight-knit community where parents and kids come together 6 or 7 days a week to train and work together. Everyone is like family. Of the skaters, coaches and parents on the plane, we believe six were from The Skating Club of Boston. We are devastated and completely at a loss for words.”
“These athletes, coaches and parents were returning from U.S. Figure Skating’s National Development Camp, following last week’s U.S. Championships in Wichita. This camp is for young competitive skaters of tomorrow with the most promise to be a champion of tomorrow,” stated Mr. Zeghibe.
