The aircraft, which crashed in misty and wet conditions in Montgomery Village, Maryland, is caught up in live power lines about 100 feet from the ground.
A small plane crashed into high-voltage power lines about 30 miles north of Washington, DC, on Sunday, November 27, causing mass outages, with rescue services working into the night to rescue two people on board the aircraft still entangled in the cables.
The impact caused power outages to over 120,000 customers, according to Pepco, the Washington-area utility company. Roads were also closed and many traffic lights in the area were out.Scott Goldstein, Montgomery County Fire Chief, said rescue officials were in contact with the occupants, by calling their cell phones at regular intervals. He declined to describe the condition of the plane’s occupants, except to say “we have been in contact with them.
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