Authorities confirmed Wednesday morning that a tiny plane carrying three people crashed
into the summit of a secluded mountain in southern Vermont. A Piper PA-28 crashed
at approximately 3:50 am close to the 3,000-foot summit of Equinox Mountain,
just west of Manchester, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
At a press conference, Jamie Greene, the Manchester Fire Departmentâs first assistant chief,
stated, âThe snow helped cushion the fall.â Greene added that this also made the rescue workersâ
task of wading through âsnow up to four feet deepâ âextremely difficult.â At 8:33 a.m.,
the pilot reported the incident to 911, stating that all three passengers sustained
non-life-threatening injuries. The reason for the hours-long lag between
the crash and the call to the police is still unknown.
