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The aircraft, Bonanza, crashed here on the property of Brotherhood Village. Five passengers were on board. All five passengers were transported by local EMS agencies to local hospitals for treatment. No structural damage occurred on the Brotherhood Village property. We did have multiple vehicles catch on fire due to the aircraft. We are now transitioning to a recovery and an investigation phase, and we are waiting additional information from our federal partners on next steps. At this time, is there any questions from the media? Anyone on the ground heard? No, there was not. Only the five that were on the aircraft where the injured individuals had been transported to local hospitals. Do you know the conditions? When you say multiple vehicles, how many? There's at least five vehicles that sustained damage on the Brotherhood Village property.

About a dozen in total. Five that were severely damaged. Was the plane coming from Lancaster Airport?

Yes, the plane did take off from Lancaster Airport. Any initial signs of duress from the plane? We don't at this time. It is all under investigation by our federal partners. Do you have the condition? There's traffic control sounded like perhaps a door open that maybe could have clipped a wing or something. That would be under the investigation on our federal partners at this point. Could you characterize the injuries? The five patients are all being looked at at this point by the doctors at the local hospitals. I mean, are they burned? At this point, we know they were transported to local hospitals. Which hospitals?

We're not really going to get in to say because I think some of them may have been transferred. There may have been some diversions that may have occurred because of five persons creating a mass casualty incident. The fire chief are not comfortable putting that out with anything to be referenced at this point in time.

Family members? Do you know if they're related? That's all part of the investigation at this point on their manifest documents. Also, the first on-scene police officer from Mannheim Township Police was on scene from dispatch within two minutes and followed on within three minutes, the first arriving Mannheim Township fire rescue engine company was on scene to start providing treatment to the patients and also extinguishment of the multiple fires. Can You saw HAZMAT here. What it was like for them to get those people out of that plane and how that happened? Not at this point. We haven't debriefed with our staff yet. That we'll be doing later this evening. It would have had a full load of fuel just after takeoff. You talk about the fire? Yeah, I don't know the fuel capacity on the table. But can you talk about where you said in terms of the fire, in terms of the extension? Yeah, obviously, they had heavy fire on arrival from the aircraft and then had the extinguishment piece. So at this point, the incident is under control and fire is all out. We believe we saw a HAZMAT here. Were there chemical concerns with this trash?

Hazmat is here to support. Obviously, we have a unified command in place from all the disciplines in emergency services. And HAZMAT is part of the cleanup due to the fuel that was on board the aircraft that also ran down the asphalt. They're doing the containment of all that at this point. Do you know if there's any concern for the residents here at this center? There's not. I don't know if anybody from Brother and Village would like to speak about residents and sheltering in place at this point.

What you shared. The only thing I'll throw in it. It was part of our response. We initially had all people on the property, shelter in place, just as a precaution to protect them. We didn't have all the specifics at that time. Again, to the fire chief's point, At no point on the ground was anyone injured. At no point did the plane or the aircraft strike any part of the structure. We're very confident that all safety concerns have been addressed as far as the facility here and everyone that lives here. Do you have any idea?

I realize this will be part of what the NTSB looks at, but do you have any way to gage whether the pilot might have intentionally been able to avoid the buildings? I mean, it's pretty fortunate. That is still all under investigation from the partners. Approximately, how far did the plane skid before it came to arrest?

Well, I would say from our initial look, it appears that it may have skided approximately 100 feet after it made contact with the ground. Any fire damage to the building? No, there was absolutely no damage to the building, the structures here, whatsoever. Where was the plane headed? I don't have access to the flight plan right now.

I I don't know if the airport would have anything to say. Can you describe this fire and putting it out? I assume with jet fuel, it might have been a pretty intense fire. Yes, we had a response from the airport with our vehicle as well, and just using copious amounts of water, high volume, we were able to extinguish the fire. Any challenges there? No, none at all. The plane was registered to an LLLC. Was that a business based out of Lancaster Airport?

Do you know? We don't know at this point.

At this point, we're going to have follow up through the Lancaster County PIO's office for additional questions and comments at this point. We'll push something back out within the next two hours. Is NTSB or FAA on scene now? They are in route at this point. Thank you. Can you see your name, sir? Scott Little, Fire Chief, Mannheim Township Fire Rescue, Mannheim Township Emergency Management Coordinator.

Dwyane Fisher, Mannheim Township Chief of Police. You said NTSB, NTSA, are on D-U-A-N-R-O-E? Yes. Okay. Go your first one, please. Thank you. D-u-a-n-e. Would you consider this a miracle, sir? I don't know if I 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. Anytime you have transportation, you always have risk when people are moving. But to have this type of ending so far is a great day for us. Thank you.

. Thank you. Well, as Scott mentioned, we'll push.