Watch : Ice Skater Whose Parents Died in Plane Crash Shares They Changed Their Flight Last MinuteFigure skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates are heading into the 2026 Winter Olympics with heavier hearts. Figure Skating Championships when their American Airlines jet collided with a military helicopter mid-air. A total of 64 people died in the tragedy, including the parents of their 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics teammate Maxim Naumov. "The figure skating world is so small," Evan told E! "Everybody really knows everybody, and it was so devastating what happened."