U.S. figure skater Jon Maravilla went viral online after rumors spread that he was turned away at the gate because of his dog. Learn more about the skater and his clarification of the rumors.

Jon Maravilla, the U.S. figure skater who was in Kansas with his teammates, said he was not allowed to board a plane because of his dog, but not the American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S.

There are no expected survivors from the crash, as the plane carried 60 passengers and four crew members, while the helicopter had three people on board.

Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter outside Washington. They were returning from a training camp in Kansas.

A figure skater said to have a ticket on Wednesday’s doomed American Airlines flight was actually bound for another city entirely, he tells the Daily Beast, contrary to a viral report online. Jon Maravilla said his dog’s size was the reason a gate agent denied him boarding for a flight on Delta Air Lines to Atlanta—not to the nation’s capital.

U.S. figure skater Jon Maravilla could not board the fatal American Airlines flight that collided with a helicopter Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. since his dog was too large to be carried onto the flight,