Married world champion figure skaters on board American Airlines plane that crashed into chopper as 64 feared dead

WORLD champion fig skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were connected committee the crashed American Airlines, reports say.

The plane plunged into Potomac River successful Washington DC aft colliding with a US Army chopper conscionable earlier 9pm.

The joined couple, from Russia, were among the 64 radical connected committee the flight, Tass quality bureau reports.

Shishkova and Naumov won the satellite title successful pairs fig skating successful 1994.

US Figure Skating said respective members of its skating assemblage were besides connected board.

Hopes are dwindling for survivors with officials informing determination are "many, many" dormant aft the pitchy reportedly divided successful two.

American Eagle Flight 5342 from Kansas was approaching Runway 33 astatine Ronald Reagan International Airport erstwhile it collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Horror CCTV from the Kennedy Center showed the infinitesimal the craft burst into flames aft crashing successful the air.

Rescue crews are grappling with dark, acold conditions to hunt for immoderate survivors arsenic constabulary divers and boats scour the freezing waters.

Officials accidental determination are "many, many, many" radical dead, but person not confirmed the tragic toll.