US FigureSkating has not confirmed the total number ... skating team headed to the world figureskating championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. That disaster killed not just elite ...
On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire U.S. figureskating team died in a plane crash in Belgium on its way to the that year's world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Among the 72 passengers killed ...
In February 1961, the 18-member U.S. figureskating team died in a plane crash en route to the world championships in Prague. Also killed were six U.S. coaches and four skating officials ...