Crews rescue 2 from plane caught in power lines in Maryland
APTOPIX Maryland Small Plane Crash
A small plane rests on live power lines after crashing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Montgomery Village, a northern suburb of Gaithersburg, Md. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mon, November 28, 2022 at 1:30 AM·1 min read
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Two people were rescued
early Monday more than six hours after their small plane crashed into live
power lines, causing widespread outages in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said
the plane got stuck in the lines about 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground at
around 5:40 p.m. Sunday. Responders secured it to the tower at 12:16 a.m.
Monday, and the first occupant was removed from the plane at 12:25 a.m. The
second occupant was out at 12:36 a.m.
Maryland State Police identified them as pilot
Patrick Merkle, 65, of Washington, D.C., and passenger Janet Williams, 66, of
Marrero, Louisiana. Both suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and
that hypothermia had set in while they waited to be pulled from the plane,
Goldstein said.
The single-engine Mooney M20J hMad departed White
Plains, New York, and crashed into a power line tower near Montgomery County
Airpark in Gaithersburg, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a
statement. The FAA, National Transportation Safety Board and Maryland State
Police are investigating.
Utility contractors had to disconnect the
high-tension wires to make it safe for rescuers to stabilize the plane.
The utility Pepco had reported that about 120,000
customers were without power in Montgomery County, but most of them, outside of
the crash site, had their electricity restored before the people were pulled
from the plane.
The Montgomery County Public School system decided
late Sunday night to close its schools and offices Monday due to the outage's
impact on safety and school operations. The closures extended to child care
programs, the system tweeted Monday morning.
Date: | 27-NOV-2022 |
Time: | c. 17:28 LT |
Type: | Mooney M20J 201 |
Owner/operator: | MFC Corp |
Registration: | N201RF |
MSN: | 24-0135 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport (GAI/KGAI), MD - United States of America |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN) |
Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI/KGAI) | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Mooney M20J 201 crashed into a powerline pole while on approach to runway 14 at Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, (GAI/KGAI), Maryland.
Both occupants are reportedly uninjured but were trapped in the aircraft.
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