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Recovery operations are still under way in Washington DC, after an American Airlines plane from Kansas carrying 64 people onboard collided with a military helicopter, manned by three personnel, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victims include top figure skaters from the US and Russia, a young pilot, flight attendants, and a lawyer travelling home on her birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some of the people believed to have been on board the helicopter and the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asra Hussain Raza<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Indiana woman Asra Hussain Raza, 26, had moved to the Washington DC area after receiving a master’s degree in hospital management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “She was returning from a work trip where she was helping to improve a hospital that really needed help,” said her husband Hamaad Raza, who showed the last text message from his wife to news crews outside the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “And, you know, she was doing what she loved. She was even working on the flight.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added: “She gave a lot, but she had so much more to give. But if there was ever someone who took advantage of their 26 years of life, it was her.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Kiah Duggins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The president of Howard University confirmed<\/a> Professor Kiah Duggins had died in the collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The civil rights lawyer was set to begin teaching at the university’s School of Law in the autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “She dedicated her career to fighting against unconstitutional policing and unjust money bail practices in Tennessee, Texas and Washington DC,” the university said in a statement reported by US media.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n