The US Airways flight, which killed 14 skiing after colliding with a helicopter of the army, is very similar to the collision of 1961, which killed the entire American team, according to the ski club in Boston. Doug Zigabi.
“I think the last thing I want to say, unfortunately, this is not the first time that this club faces a tragedy like this,” NBC10 On Thursday, January 30, one day after the AA accident occurred. “It is now a return, but in 1961, the entire world team lost skiing on its way to the World Championship in Prague in a plane crash in Belgium.”
Zigabi explained that “nearly half” passengers aboard the plane in 1961 were from the Boston skating club.
“It was long and long, as it reached traces of this ski club and sport in this country,” Zeghib pointed out. “Because when you lose coaches like this, you lose the future of sport as well. It has been a long time to re -develop it and personally feel that this club, the ski club in Boston, has now left nearly 60 years after the 1961 accident. So this is particularly destroyed .
The ski world deals with a great loss after the 5342 US Airways crash with many members of the community on board. On Thursday, January 30, the press conference, the skiing club, the CEO of Boston, Doug Zigabi, said, “We knew, 14 ski returning to the homeland” from the ski ski ski figure (…)
In February 1961, the Sabina 548 trip moved the American team to the World Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Among the people who died in the accident, among the 16 family members, trainers and friends of skiers.
After more than 60 years, the news erupted on Wednesday, January 29, that a plane crashed on an army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport and fell in the Botomac River while trying to land in Washington, DC, stated that more than 300 emergency crews “conducted a search and rescue operation Since then, more than ten bodies have been recovered.
within 60 passengers reported And four crew members on the 5342 trip that left Kansas on Wednesday Skipper It is associated with the ski club in Boston.
Ski skating in the United States announced that the 5342 US Airlines flight was carrying many athletes when it was crashed into the Botomac River. The organization made a statement of the Wusa9 news outlet on Thursday, January 30.
“Our sport has suffered a horrific loss with this tragedy,” Zeghibe He said in a statement. “Ski is a coherent society where parents and children meet from 6 to 7 days a week to train and work together. Everyone is like family. Among the skiers, coaches and parents on board, we believe that six of the ski club in Boston. We are completely destroyed at a loss of words .
“These athletes, coaches, and parents were returning from the National Ski Development Camp in the United States, after the United States Championship last week in Whitch The United States Championship.
Some of the passengers on the journey were leaving the 2025 ice skiing championship, which was held in Whitchta from January 20 to 26. The ice ski site in the United States participated that a reception was marked with the incitement of the fame hall of 2025.
