LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A crew of five is being treated for injuries after the plane they were on crashed into the parking lot of a retirement community in Manheim Township Sunday afternoon.
The small aircraft fell into the Brethren Village Retirement Community’s parking lot around 3:20 p.m., officials said.
Lancaster County emergency responders gave an update during a press conference Sunday, in which they confirmed all five people onboard were all taken to the hospital and are expected to survive.
“I don’t know if I’d consider it a miracle, but the fact that we have a plane crash where everybody survives and nobody on the ground is hurt is a wonderful thing,” said Duane Fisher, Manheim Township’s chief of police.
The plane crashed after taking off from Lancaster Airport, and according to FlightRadar, it was on its way to Springfield, Ohio.
The aircraft was relatively small in size and said “N347M” on the side of its body.
Officials said the model was a 1981 Beechcraft A36 Bonanza Turboprop, with flight records saying it was owned by Jam Zoom Yayos LLC.
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“It appears it may have skidded approximately 100 feet after it made contact with the ground,” officials said during the press conference.
Nobody on the ground was injured, and no buildings were struck.
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Hazmat crews responded with fire and police
departments to clean up fuel and debris from the plane.
Everyone at Brethren Village was asked to shelter in place, but officials confirmed there is no reason for residents to have further concern.
