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"Both patients have been transported to local area trauma
centers with serious injuries," Montgomery County Fire Chief
Scott Goldstein said in a press briefing, adding that the two
people had suffered hypothermia and orthopedic and
trauma-related injuries.
The aircraft crashed at about 5:30 p.m.(2230 GMT) in misty and
wet conditions in Montgomery Village, Maryland, on Sunday,
according to the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service. It
became caught up in live power lines about 100 feet (30 meters)
from the ground.
Goldstein said crews had been able to electrically ground the
plane at about 11.30 p.m. and it had been secured nearly 45
minutes later, with both patients coming down by 12.36 a.m.
Most power in the county has been restored, according to
Goldstein. Two hospitals were back at full capacity after
earlier being limited, he said.
Washington-area utility company Pepco said it had restored
electric service for all customers who had been impacted by the
incident. The company was continuing to stabilize energy
infrastructure at the scene and assessing damage before
beginning repairs, it added.
Crews were still working to remove the plane from power lines,
the Montgomery County MD Office of Emergency Management &
Homeland Security said.
Goldstein said earlier that rescue officials were in contact
with the occupants by calling their cell phones.
According to the FAA, the Mooney M20J aircraft was flying from
Westchester, New York and had been due to land at Montgomery
Airpark, close to the crash site.
(Reporting by Tim Reid and Juby Babu; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell
and Bradley Perrett)
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