A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 15, 1961, a commercial flight carrying ...

There are no words to comfort anybody who’s been affected by a plane crash. In an instant, many lives can be violently cut ...

Several figure skaters, their coaches and family members had been on a flight to Washington after the U.S. Figure Skating ...

At least 14 members of the US Figure Skating team were on the American Airlines flight that collided midair with a military helicopter over Washington, DC, Wednesday night, a skating official said.

The 28 U.S. figure skating community members who died included athletes, parents and coaches across five clubs.

A member of the US figure skating team shared a photo from inside a doomed American Airlines plane shortly before it crashed in Washington DC. Spencer Lane, 26, uploaded the photo around 7pm ET ...

In 1961, the entire U.S. national team lost their lives in a plane crash en route to the world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

It also rekindled painful memories of another tragedy nearly 64 years ago. On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating ...

U.S. figure skaters, along with their coaches and family members, were onboard the American Airlines flight that plunged into ...

Figure skaters and coaches returning from the U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that ...

Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The flight ...

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s ...