The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

Passengers on the jet that collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night included a group of figure skaters and their parents and coaches with ties to Massachusetts.

Two Russian coaches for a skating club in Massachusetts were believed to be on the American Airlines flight that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.