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A Cirrus SR22 coming in to land at Frederick Municipal
Airport collided with a helicopter that was involved in a
training exercise, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Frederick is about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Washington.
William Jenkins, 47, of Colorado, 29-year-old Christopher
Parsons and 35-year-old Breandan MacFawn -- both from Maryland
-- were killed in the helicopter, Maryland State Police said in
a statement. It was unclear who was the pilot, police said.
Two people in the airplane -- 55-year-old pilot Scott Graeves
and his 75-year-old passenger Gilbert Porter -- were injured,
police said. Both were taken to a local hospital and were
discharged in the evening, police said.
Rescue crews found the wreckage within a half-mile of the
airport, authorities said. State police said the plane was
suspended vertically in a small strip of trees with its
parachute deployed.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will
investigate the collision, the FAA said.
(Reporting by Lacey Johnson and Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee,
and Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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