(Bloomberg) — A corporate jet crashed into a home in a Marylandsuburb of Washington, D.C., as it was attempting to land, killingat least three people.
|The twin-engine Embraer SA Phenom 100 is owned by Sage AviationLLC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, according to U.S. FederalAviation Administration records. The company couldn't beimmediately reached to comment on the accident and localauthorities haven't named the people who were on board.
|The plane was preparing to land at Montgomery County Airpark inGaithersburg, Maryland, at about 11 a.m. today when the accidentoccurred, the FAA said in an e-mailed statement. The plane struckat least one house and damaged two others, Pete Piringer, aspokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said onlocal television.
|At least three people aboard the aircraft died, Piringersaid.
|The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board areinvestigating the accident.
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