USA: Plane crash in Washington DC kills 6 people.

AFP reported that on December 8, a small plane crashed in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a neighborhood near Washington DC, killing at least three people on board and three on the ground.

A statement from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the twin-engine Embraer EMB-500 aircraft was preparing to land when it crashed, approximately one mile from Montgomery Airport.

Plane debris caused several houses to catch fire (Source: abcnews)

The local newspaper, The Gazette, reported that all three people on board the plane were killed, including the CEO of a North Carolina business.

Debris from the plane struck several houses, causing damage, including killing a mother and her two children – a three-year-old and an infant – in one house. In addition, several other houses caught fire.

According to VNA