Here is everything we know about the 67 victims of the DC air collision near Washington DC

The American Airlines flight had 60 passengers, and four crew members, and the Army Blackhawk helicopter had three servicemembers on board.

Published: January 31, 2025 11:15pm

Officials, family members, and local community members have been working to identify the 67 people who lost their lives during an air collision on Wednesday between American Eagle flight 5342, and a military helicopter.

The American Airlines flight had 60 passengers, and four crew members, and the Army Blackhawk helicopter had three servicemembers on board. The crash occurred near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and both aircrafts fell into the Potomac River near Washington D.C.

Here are the victims who have been identified so far.

The helicopter victims: 

Two of the three helicopter victims have been identified, although the bodies of all three have been recovered, according to CNN. 

The two who have been identified are Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Lloyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia. Eaves was a pilot, while O'Hara was a helicopter repairer.

The family of the third service member has asked the Army not to release the name of their loved one so far.

The airplane victims:

At least 14 of the 60 passengers on the flight were reportedly returning from a national figure skating development camp in Wichita, according to Doug Zeghibe, the CEO and executive director for the Skating Club of Boston. Also onboard were former Russian figure skaters, who won the world championship in 1994.

The two Russian figure skaters were Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, a married couple who were figure skating coaches at the Skating Club of Boston.

Jinna Han, a figure skater, and Jin Han, her mother, were also in the crash as part of the Boston Skating Club, along with figure skater Spencer Lane and his mother Christine. 

Other figure skaters and their coaches from nearby skating clubs were also onboard the flight. 

Another figure skating coach on the plane, who was not part of the Boston club, was Alexandr Kirsanov, who coached two of the youth ice skaters on board, his wife told ABC News. The students and Kirsanov were based in Delaware.

Kirsanov's two skaters were Sean Kay and Angela Yang, according to Delaware's Democratic Sen. Chris Coons.

Another figure skater on the flight was 12-year-old Brielle Beyer, who was on the flight with her mother Justyna Breyer. Brielle was a figure skater from the Skating Club of Northern Virginia. She is survived by her father Andy, and six year old brother. 

"She was just such a fighter in everything she did," Andy Beyer said of his daughter. "She just lived life to the fullest with everything."

12-year-old Olivia Ker was also a figure skater on the plane, from Tucker Road Ice Rink in Fort Washington, Maryland. 

The first officer on board American Airlines Flight 5342 has been identified as Samuel Lilley, and a flight attendant was identified as Ian Epstein, per ABC News.

Two other people on the flight were attorneys Kiah Duggins and Elizabeth Keys. Keys was returning home to go on a date for her birthday with her longtime boyfriend David Seidman, while Duggins was an incoming law professor at Howard University.

A family of four were also killed in the crash, according to Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Donna Smojice Livingston, her husband Peter Livingston, and their daughters Everly Livingston and Alydia Livingston all died in the accident. The twin girls were figure skaters. 

Five members of the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters also died on the plane. They have been identified as Jonathan Boyd, Michael 'Mikey' Stovall, Alexander 'Alex' Huffman, Jesse Pitcher, and Charles 'Charlie' McDaniel.

Other people on the plane include: National Association of Biology Teachers President-elect Lindsey Fields, Massachusetts native Chris Collins and his colleague Melissa Nicandri, University of Pennsylvania Law school graduate Sarah Best, and Cedarville University engineering student Grace Maxwell.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the incident.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.

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