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1. Pilot in deadly Bowie plane crash was newly certified, may have rented the aircraft, former NTSB investigator says
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:48 AM
19 hrs ago
Pilot in deadly Bowie plane crash was newly certified, may have rented the aircraft, former NTSB investigator says

Mike Murillo | mmurillo@wtop.com
June 23, 2026, 6:23 AM


Pilot Yoav Bomrind, 26, of Israel, and two passengers, David Rabinovitz, 19, of Israel and Elad Naidik, 20, of Canada, died when the single-engine plane carting them crashed late Saturday night in Bowie, Maryland. (Courtesy FOX 5 DC)

The pilot of the single-engine plane that crashed Saturday night in Prince George’s County, Maryland, was only recently certified as a private pilot, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator told WTOP.

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