The Federal Aviation Administration visited the scene of Wednesday’s plane crash in Vermont on Friday. The plane crashed down on Mt. Equinox Wednesday morning after icing up in the air.

Three people were airlifted to a hospital after a flight that took off from a County airport crash-landed on a mountain in Vermont Wednesday, according to first responders.

Authorities are investigating after a small plane crashed into a Vermont mountain during the predawn hours on Wednesday.

Three people were evacuated by helicopter from the scene of a small-plane crash near Equinox Mountain in southern Vermont on Wednesday. Manchester First Assistant Chief Jamie Greene said one of the injured was air lifted to Albany Medical Center to be evaluated.

A flight path on Flightradar24 shows a single-engine Piper Cherokee Charger that took off from Baltimore around 6 a.m. circling the area west of Manchester before stopping around 8:30 a.m. The Manchester Fire Department reported the plane was located at 11:39 Wednesday morning with patients being evaluated and airlifted.

While trying to hit the slopes in Vermont, John Murphy and his family were met with a tragedy that almost cost them their lives.

Three patients are being airlifted to safety after a small plane crashed into a mountain in Manchester, Vermont, early Wednesday, officials said.

A small plane crashed into the side of Vermont's snow-covered Mount Equinox on Wednesday morning, with all three on board suffering only non-life-threatening injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is under increasing pressure to modernize the nation’s aging air traffic control (ATC) systems following a major

John Murphy and his son Josiah Murphy were both piloting their plane when it crashed in Manchester, Vermont Wednesday morning. "I'm pretty sure we were all in agreeance, we were about to die," said Josiah.

The crash happened on Equinox Mountain, according to dispatchers and local police. None of the people on board the plane were killed.