State Sen. Martha Marx said Casey Crafton, a Salem resident, was a passenger on the plane that collided with a helicopter in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night.

"You have those feelings of dread when something like this happens," said Max Schmitter, who spent 32 years at the FAA as an aviation safety inspector.

Several victims of American Airlines Flight 5342 had worked in Connecticut. Two former figure skaters and current coaches were well-known in Simsbury.

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, Russian figure skaters and former coaches in Connecticut, are two of the victims in the Jan. 29 plane crash.

Several passengers who were on the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night included figure skaters who were returning from the U.

Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks is experiencing some cancellations on Thursday morning. This comes after an American Airlines flight carrying 64

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the airline has activated its care team to assist in recovery efforts after one of its jets collided with a helicopter.

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

As the investigation continues into Wednesday night’s devastating crash in Washington D.C., we’re hearing from travelers here in Connecticut who are setting off on flights so soon after the tragedy. “How could this happen?

The American Airlines jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with Black Hawk Army helicopter built by Connecticut's Sikorsky.

The crash, involving a 60-passenger American Airlines jet that crashed into a military Black Hawk helicopter, grounded all flights at Reagan Airport Wednesday.