The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.

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.

Maxim Naumov flew home after competing in the U.S. Championships just days before his parents Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were killed in plane crash