Flight from the Jersey Shore ended in tragedy near a Maryland neighborhood

🚨A single-engine plane that left Ocean City late Saturday crashed in Maryland

🚨The pilot and a passenger were from Israel; the other passenger is from Canada

🚨The plane was registered to a Maryland flight school, police say

This report has been updated with the names of the crash victims

BOWIE, MD — A small plane that left New Jersey late Saturday night crashed in Maryland killing all three on board, according to officials.

The single-engine Piper PA-28 left Ocean City Municipal Airport headed for the Montgomery County Air Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland, according to Maryland State Police.

Prince George’s County Public Safety Communications received an iPhone crash alert  around 11:45 p.m., indicating the plane went down near Routes 50 and 301 in Bowie, Maryland, according to police.

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Map shows locations of Ocean City, NJ, the crash site in Bowie, MD and Montgomery County Air Park in Gaithersburg, MD

Close call for nearby neighborhood

A ground and aerial search located the plane at approximately 3:45 a.m. Sunday  in a wooded area near a residential area in Bowie. FAA records show the plane is registered to a flight school in Maryland. Police said the plane may have been participating in a training flight.

Maryland State Police on Monday identified the victims as pilot Yoav Bomrind, 26, of Israel and two passengers, identified as David Rabinovitz, 19, of Israel and Elad Neidik, 20, of Canada.

"It's absolutely a tragic incident that we are here investigating today; it could've been even worse because of the proximity of the crash, literally, right next to a townhome community in Bowie," Maryland State Police spokeswoman Elena Russo said.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.

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