Looking for a quality used fire truck? Selling one? Visit our sponsor Command Fire Apparatus
Montgomery County Fire PIO Pete Piringer live at 12:10 a.m.
1:00 a.m. update
Seven hours after the 5:30 p.m. crash the two people from the plane were removed and sent to a local trauma center. Chief Goldstein described their conditions as serious. Goldstein said the electrical grounding was completed at 11:30 p.m., the securing of the aircraft to the tower was finished at 12:15 a.m., the passenger brought out at 12:25 a.m. and the pilot at 12:36 a.m.
9:00 p.m. update
Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein says they are waiting for the power company’s tower contractor to ground the power lines to ensure safety. After that they will work to secure the plane to the tower. Once it’s secured they will work to bring the two occupants of the plane to safety. Goldstein says they are in touch with the two people by cell phone. He also says they are conserving power to their phones. Goldstein would not provide details on the condition of the two people.
The plane is a Mooney M-20. Flight Aware shows the flight from Westchester County, New York ended at 8:29 p.m., the time of the collision.
85 to 90 thousand customers remain without power.
Foggy conditions have, at times, obscured the live view of the plane.
Earlier
Two people remained trapped in a plane that hit transmission lines in Montgomery County, Maryland this (Sunday) evening. The two people are reported to be uninjured. DC Fire and EMS has sent units to assist Montgomery County with the rescue operation. A report of as many as 90,000 people are without power due to the crash.
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
Update – IAO Rothbury Dr & Goshen Rd, police & @mcfrs fire activity, power out in area, small plane crash into power lines, trapped occupants of the plane are ok, tens of thousands of people reportedly without power @MontgomeryCoMD, this includes many traffic lights/signals https://t.co/3WwL1k6PhC pic.twitter.com/ZsiXLamNGO
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) November 28, 2022
Small Plane Crash IAO Rothbury Dr & Goshen Road, plane into powerlines dangling hundred feet in air, pilot and passenger trapped in plane, @mcfrs A734, A708B, PAT708, T734, RS717, PE734, HM728, SU725, BC705 & others responding
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) November 27, 2022
Update – Gaithersburg, Maryland, @MontgomeryCoMD small plane into powerlines & tower plow, suspended about 100 feet in the air, two persons on board uninjured at this time, @mcfrs on scene, Widespread power outages, some roads closed in area, https://t.co/VRLGfpyFaA pic.twitter.com/3iCMW0v94j
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) November 27, 2022
