Oh those pesky obstacles when flying …

[hittman]

Hope these folks have good insurance. This should get expensive!
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Maryland small plane crash into power lines leaves 85k without power, two stranded inside dangling plane

A small plane crashed into power lines in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday, leaving tens of thousands of Pepco customers without electricity.

www.foxnews.com

Chief Spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, Pete Piringer, said on Twitter that the small plane was suspended about 100 feet in the air with two people onboard.

Both occupants were uninjured, the post stated, and rescue crews were on the scene.

 

[Dave P.]

That would get your attention! Be curious to see the flight path vs. the powerline...thinking they sorta rode down the lines a bit
before hitting the tower. Would have liked to heard the conversation in that cockpit when the noise all stopped.

 

[woodsy]

I think those rescuers deserve special mention and thanks.

 

[Fox Mike]

From what I heard on the local news it took five hours to get the plane on the ground and the occupants to the hospital. What I don't understand is why they were flying at all. The weather was awful and thick fog in many places.

 

[ronto]

See what happens when you let Democrats fly a plane.

 

[Fox Mike]

See what happens when you let Democrats fly a plane.

And you know this to be a fact...?

 

[jmol50]

I’m tired of the politics.

 

[hittman]

I’m tired of the politics.

Amen …. No reason to bleed them over into the Lounge.

 

[ronto]

Point taken.

 

[Snake45]

I heard about this last night on the news. How horrific for all involved!

The airplane looks like some kind of Mooney.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Don't know what or why that happened, but they are really lucky.
It appears the flaps are down but the gear is up. So in that configuration in a Mooney they could have been going from 75+-MPH to a135MPH+- Don't know the area so were they shooting an approach to an airport??? If so why is the gear up??? I think they hit at the tower and that is what helped hold them. If they would have hit in just the wires I don't think they could have traveled UP hill to the tower IMHO.
Anyway they WERE LUCKY

Yea knock off the Political stuff. About as much sense as saying all car wrecks are by Democrats

 

[ned]

Blancolerio, Juan Brown, has all flight data on his YouTube channel. Bet we can guess what was said at impact.

 

[Fox Mike]

Blancolerio, Juan Brown, has all flight data on his YouTube channel. Bet we can guess what was said at impact.

Can you give a link. I looked through page after page of his stuff and found nothing with yesterday or todays date.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

I don't think he has made a video yet. This is his latest one

Juan Brown, - Yahoo Video Search Results

The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web.

video.search.yahoo.com

 

[ned]

Try this link

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Hey Ned Thanks, Not sure why I couldn't find it.
He did have the gear down and was about 11/2 miles from the airport.

 

[Jeepnik]

Many years ago I worked a crash where a Huey hit power transmission lines. It didn’t get hung up but crashed and burned below the lines. No survivors on that one. Some places now have large colored ballsa attached to te wire to make them visible.

 

[redhawker]

I remember one like that many years ago, maybe 30 or more. We watched them get the pilot out on live TV.

 

[hittman]

This link has audio of both the pilot and passenger talking to 911 dispatchers. They seem remarkably calm to me.

Maryland plane crash 911 calls released, revealing harrowing details

The 911 calls of a pilot and passenger onboard a small plane that crashed into Maryland power lines on Sunday have been released by the Montgomery County police.

www.foxnews.com

 

[caryc]

They're lucky it didn't flare up in one big flash like a fly flying into a bug zapper.