Russian Figure Skating Champions, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were onboard PSA Airlines Flight 5342, when it crashed into the Potomac River
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Join our Telegram Russian Media is now reporting that Russian Figure Skating Champions, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were onboard PSA Airlines Flight 5342, when it crashed earlier tonight into the Potomac River, following a Mid-Air Collision with a Helicopter, while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C.
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