As a result of winning the national championship , Owen was selected to be a member of the U.S. team for the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague , Czechoslovakia . The team was on Sabena Flight 548 , a Boeing 707 , which crashed on a clear morning near Brussels , Belgium , killing all on board . Owen was only 20 years old and the World Championships that year were soon cancelled
Sabena Flight 548
Sabena Flight 548
Maribel Owen