Media reported the discovery of the body of figure skater Shishkova, who died in the US plane crash

Divers managed to find the body of Russian figure skater, world champion (1994) Evgenia Shishkova, who died in a plane crash over Washington, D.C., the mother of her husband, Vadim Naumov, said on January 31. He was also on board the airplane.

She noted that only the couple's son, Maxim, was now at the scene of the tragedy.

"We only recently managed to talk to him. He said that they found the body of mom. And nothing is known about dad yet. We are still waiting," - quoted the woman "Komsomolskaya Pravda".

Interrupted flight: Russian figure skaters were among the dead in the plane crash in the USA

Yevgeniya Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board, the names of the other passengers are being investigated

Earlier on January 31, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova confirmed that three Russians were killed in a plane crash in Washington. We are talking about athletes Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov and Inna Volyanskaya, who worked in the United States as figure skating coaches. There is also data that another victim had a Russian passport, these data are in the process of verification.

On the night of January 30, a passenger plane American Airlines and a military helicopter Black Hawk collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, after the accident they fell into the Potomac River.

A total of 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard the plane. There were three military personnel in the helicopter. US President Donald Trump reported that there were no survivors of the airplane crash. According to the latest data, specialists managed to extract the bodies of more than 40 dead from the Potomac River.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the day of the crash that Russian citizens and Russian figure skaters were on board the plane. Tatyana Tarasova, the USSR's honored figure skating coach, called the news from Washington "terrible." The Boston Athletic Club said that coaches, world champion figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov died together when a passenger plane and a military helicopter collided in Washington. In addition to them, two junior figure skaters, Jinnah Khan and Spencer Lane, and their mothers were killed, according to the club.

In Tallinn, Estonia, the second day of the European Figure Skating Championships began with a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the airplane crash. On January 31, Peskov added that the United States and Russia had been in contact through diplomatic channels after the plane crash.