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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 28, 2022, 02:09:16 am
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November 27, 2022 7:50pm EST
Maryland small plane crash into power lines leaves 85k without power, two stranded inside dangling plane
Tens of thousands of Montgomery County, Maryland, customers were without power after a plane crashed into an electrical tower on Sunday evening.
By Greg Wehner | Fox News
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A small plane crashed into a Pepco electric tower on Sunday, leaving tens of thousands of customers without power. (Montgomery County Fire and EMS)
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.
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Pepco reported about 85,000 customers were without power because of the plane crash.
Electric crews are assessing the damage, a tweet from the power company read, and they are working closely with county fire and EMS crews.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-plane-crash-leaves-85k-power-two-stranded-inside-dangling-plane
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Happened 5 minutes away from here...friend called to say Silver Spring Leisure World went dark....only had my dining room chandelier flicker.
All involved are safe, but of course they closed the public schools.....snicker
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The occupants of that plane were exceeding lucky (as in, "miracle").
Look at the size of those insulators.
At least 138,000 volts... or higher.