An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.

Emergency services are conducting a desperate search in the Potomac River after an American Airlines plane from Witchita, Kansas collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Fourteen figure skaters are among the victims of the first major commercial plane crash in the United States since 2009, officials said. Many have come forward to share statements of grief and devastation toward those lost in the deadly crash on Wednesday,

Fourteen members of the figure skating community were among the passengers on a jet that collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., according to the Skating Club of Boston's executive director.

Doug Zeghibe, CEO of The Skating Club of Boston, mourned the six members of his team who were killed in the Washington, D.C., plane crash Wednesday night. While lamenting the tragedy, he noted it’s also a devastating blow to the figure skating community.