Six killed as private jet crashes into home

Six people died when a small plane crashed into a home in Washington DC, United States of America, setting the property and two others on fire.

According to authorities, three of those killed were on board the aircraft as it ploughed into the house in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Officials later confirmed that three residents inside the home, including a mother and her two young sons – a month-old infant and a three-year-old – were also killed by the Embraer EMB-500/Phenom 100 twin-engine jet, which can seat up to 10 people.