Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.

Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter outside Washington. They were returning from a training camp in Kansas.

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place Jan. 21-26 in Wichita, Kansas. U.S. Figure Skating did not identify any of the members of its team that were on board. Doug Zeghib

After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community 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 Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

Tara Lipinski and Tonya Harding were among those in mourning after learning figure skaters were in Wednesday's plane crash near Washington D.C.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed condolences on Jan. 30 to families of Russian citizens aboard the U.S. plane that crashed in Washington.

The figure skating coaches from the Skating Club of Boston were on the plane traveling from Wichita to Washington when it collided with a helicopter.