WICHITA, Kan.—Kansas’ largest city was coming off a high this week.

A 20-year-old Wichita woman was among the 60 passengers of Flight 5342, her father said. Grace Maxwell, a Wichita native, was on her way back to college when the American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Wichita, Kansas Mayor Lily Wu joins Chris Jansing to react to the deadly crash between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane that was flying to Washington, D.C. from Wichita.

Just days after figure skaters, family and coaches from across the United States came together in Wichita, a tragic plane crash has left the U.S. Figure Skating community reeling.

Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas, and other officials held a press conference on Thursday (January 30) after a plane flying from Wichita crashed in the Washington, D.C. area on Wednesday (January 29).

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 is not believed to have any survivors.