Watch: Small plane gets stuck in electricity tower after crashing into it, both fliers rescued
Rescuers rushed to safely evacuate two people trapped 100 feet above the ground in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
🚨#BREAKING: A small plane has crashed into a high voltage powerlines
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) November 27, 2022
📌#Montgomery | #Maryland
Dozens of emergency crews are responding to a small aircraft that has crashed into high voltage powerlines, causing massive power outages too 80,000 people in Montgomery county MD pic.twitter.com/pZIo9DDvVB
Update / small Plane crash into power lines in Gaithersburg area, plane, 2 occupants on plane are OK, plane was headed towards (landing) Montgomery Airpark, Airpark is now closed to air traffic @MontgomeryCoMD https://t.co/VkITa378jC pic.twitter.com/UMYbeSJt9l
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) November 28, 2022
WATCH: This is the moment crews rescued the pilot of the plane that crashed into power lines in Montgomery County, Maryland https://t.co/9MN1q1w2KX pic.twitter.com/a7rfR6Saq8
— WUSA9 (@wusa9) November 28, 2022
Most of Montgomery County is without power because of the plane crash. 😱 pic.twitter.com/tUeNm2AV0x
— DC Maryland Virginia (@DMVFollowers) November 28, 2022
ICYMI @MontgomeryCoMD Rescue operations @mcfrs @dcfireems Technical Rescue Team(s) rescue/removed 2 adult occupants trapped on plane that crashed into power lines in Gaithersburg, MD area. Tower & Crane company (contractors) working w/ PEPCO & @mcfrs to get plane down. https://t.co/bgesIAf7uQ pic.twitter.com/sY3O0Eq2tG
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) November 28, 2022