3 dead, 3 missing after private jet crashes into Maryland house

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GAITHERSBURG, MD — A small, private jet crashed into a house in Maryland’s Montgomery County on Monday, killing three people on board the plane and leaving three residents of the home unaccounted fo

GAITHERSBURG, MD — A small, private jet crashed into a house in Maryland’s Montgomery County on Monday, killing three people on board the plane and leaving three residents of the home unaccounted for, authorities said.

Three people were on board the jet when it crashed into the home in Gaithersburg, a Washington, D.C. suburb, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Chief Steve Lohr said during a news conference.

They were all killed and three residents who live at the home are unaccounted for, he said. He released no other details about the home’s residents.

The two-story, wood-frame home was gutted by the impact of the crash and ensuing blaze. The first floor was nearly completely blown out and smoke drifted from a gaping hole in what was left of the collapsing roof. Two adjacent homes also had significant damage, with one of them clearly having caught fire, as well.

An FAA spokesman said preliminary information showed the Embraer EMB-500/Phenom 100 twin-engine jet was on approach at the nearby Montgomery County Airpark. The National Transportation Safety Board was launching a team to investigate.

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