WASHINGTON—Just after 8:47 p.m. on Wednesday, an air-traffic controller at Reagan National Airport relayed a seemingly ordinary inquiry and instruction: “PAT25, do you have the CRJ in sight?” he asked a U.

A pair of World Champion Russian figure skaters were aboard an American Airlines flight returning from a development camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, according to published reports.

With no survivors expected, the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter would make it the third deadliest commercial aviation disaster in the U.

The number of people onboard and any fatalities is unknown at this time. The plane can carry up to 65 passengers and four crew members.

Robert Isom said said airline is focused on passengers, crew members, first responders, families and loved ones.

Authorities are investigating an apparent crash involving a regional jetliner and a helicopter near a Washington, D.C., area airport, according to U.S. government and industry officials.

“While performing a training mission a United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Va., collided in midair with an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet Flight 5342 last night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport," he said.

Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating team were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.

The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.

There are no expected survivors after an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in mid-air in D.C.

We’re learning more about the passengers aboard an American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.