Piper PA-28 crashes in Maryland, killing all three Israeli occupants | The Jerusalem Post

Three people were killed on Saturday after their single-engine aircraft crashed in a wooded area near Bowie, Maryland, according to Maryland State Police.

The three people on board were Israelis, according to Israeli media reports on Sunday, citing the Foreign Ministry.

An NBC report cited the police as saying that the aircraft was found Sunday morning after crashing near a townhouse community and local playground.

Police did not release the identities of the deceased, all of whom were declared dead on the scene.

The crash was initially reported at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday via iPhone alert, NBC cited Prince George’s County Public Safety Communications as saying.

The pilot and passengers of the small aircraft were on a training flight when the crash occured, NBC reported, noting that the aircraft belonged to a Montgomery County flight school.

The Baltimore Sun identified the aircraft as a Piper PA-28, a common training aircraft in the United States. 

On Tuesday, a small jet plane carrying six people crashed into a vehicle on a highway in Laredo, Texas, authorities said.

One person was killed in the crash, named by the Associated Press on Wednesday as Austin tech entrepreneur Joshua Baer.

In addition, five first responders were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, and the passengers were hospitalized for minor injuries.

Reuters contributed to this report.