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A report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) states that the pilot whose jet crashed into a Gaithersburg home on Dec. 8, 2014, failed to turn on de-icing equipment, which caused ice accumulation on the wings that led to the crash. “Pilots must rely on checklists and procedures because relying only on memory can […]

The woman who set up a GoFundMe account for the Gemmell family following a fatal Dec. 8 plane crash in Gaithersburg is scheduled to be recognized for her efforts at the Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council meeting on Jan. 5. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman said it was his idea to recognize Jenifer Miller, who is […]

The jet that crashed into a Gaithersburg neighborhood killing the three onboard and three family members in a house it hit, was intact before it hit the ground and showed no evidence it hit birds, according to an NTSB official during a press conference Tuesday. The NTSB recovered all “four corners of the plane” meaning […]

Marie Gemmell and her two young sons who had been inside their Gaithersburg home when a plane hit it died of smoke inhalation, according to Montgomery County Police. Capt. Darren Francke said the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore ruled the manner of death for the three as “accidental” and the cause as “smoke inhalation.” Francke […]

The National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said investigators will be on the scene for about a week collecting what he called “perishable evidence” in the plane crash in Gaithersburg that killed three people on board the jet and three others in a house it hit. Watch the press conference here. Here’s what we […]