Officials are investigating after a small plane went down on Sunday near a retirement village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. According to authorities, all five passengers onboard were rushed to local hospitals. Luckily, no one on the ground was hurt. The six-seater plane, which was en route to Springfield, Ohio, crashed around 3 p.m., according to the FAA, which said it would investigate.
Thick black smoke and raging flames filled the air after a Beechcraft Bonanza crashed shortly after taking off from Lancaster Airport. “Obviously, they had heavy fire upon arrival from the aircraft and had to extinguish it,” explained Fire Chief Manheim Township Fire, Scott Little. Out of caution, Brethren Retirement Village issued a shelter-in-place order. The plane luckily did not crash into any buildings.
