Monday, June 22, 2026 - Three people were k!lled when a small plane taking off from New Jersey crashed into a neighborhood in Maryland.
A Piper PA-28 carrying a pilot and two passengers plummeted
into a residential area in Bowie around midnight on Sunday, according to the
Federal Aviation Administration and Maryland State Police.
The possible training flight was en route from Ocean City,
New Jersey, to Montgomery County Airport in Gaithersburg when the plane
suddenly crashed in a wooded area close to homes, Elena Russo, spokesperson for
the Maryland State Police, said at a press conference on Sunday.
The pilot and two passengers, who were all adults, were
pronounced de@d on the scene.
Emergency responders rushed to search for the plane after
receiving an alert of a possible crash nearby, but were unable to reach the
wreckage until roughly 3:45 a.m., cops said
Officials believe the plane belongs to a Montgomery County
flight school and was “possibly participating in a training flight,” Russo
said.
Photos captured debris from the single-engine
plane strewn near a playground in the city, less than 20 miles from
Washington, DC.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate
the cause of the crash.
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