MARYLAND: Plane Crashes Into Power Lines, Leaving 85,000 Without Power

A small plane with two people aboard crashed into power lines in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday night.

Two people were left stranded in the damaged aircraft 100 feet from the ground and the crash left large swaths of the county without power.

85,000 people reportedly lost power in the DC suburb.

The single-engine Mooney M20J plane crashed into PEPCO electricity transmission wires near Goshen Road and Rothbury Drive in Gaithersburg around 5:40 p.m., the FAA and Montgomery County authorities said.

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

Rescue crews were able to get the occupants out, and both were uninjured.

“Electric crews are assessing the damage, a tweet from the power company read, and they are working closely with county fire and EMS crews,” Fox News reports.

PHOTO OF PLANE ENTANGLED IN WIRES: here’s our first look through #Fox5DC photographer @wagener_joe lens. Last report from Fire and EMS is that pilot and passenger are ok and communicating with 911. #Fox5DC pic.twitter.com/39m4fIxowa

— David Kaplan (@DKaplanFox5DC) November 27, 2022

UPDATE: @FAANews confirms 2 people on board. The plane took off from White Planes, NY. It’s a single engine Mooney M20J. FAA and NTSB will investigate. #Fox5DC pic.twitter.com/XA3cGZRqD8

— David Kaplan (@DKaplanFox5DC) November 28, 2022

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A small plane crashed into power lines in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday night, leaving tens of thousands of electric customers without power, according to reports.

Fox station WTTG in Washington, D.C. said the plane crashed into the power lines at about 6:15 p.m. in the Montgomery Village section of Gaithersburg.

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.

Piringer also reported widespread power outages because of the crash.

Pepco reported about 85,000 customers were without power because of the plane crash.