Small plane crashes in Maryland river, multiple agencies respond
BALTIMORE -- A plane crashed Tuesday morning in a river on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Multiple agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, responded to the crash, Maryland State Police said around 11 a.m.
We are on scene outside of Easton, Talbot County. One person onboard a Cessna 402 that reportedly crashed into the Tred Avon River. @wjz pic.twitter.com/CtArTSWKU2
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 16, 2024
A helicopter view of the Tred Avon River near Easton shows multiple boats converging around what appears to be the tail of an airplane.
Data from FlightAware indicates the plane took off from Fort Meade in Odenton around 9 a.m. and stopped around 30 minutes later over the water near Easton.
The U.S. Coast Guard said in a social media post the plane had one person on board. No injuries have been reported.
The pilot has not yet been identified.
According to public records, the plane is a 10-seater 1973 Cessna 402B owned by the University Research Foundation.
Based in Greenbelt, the foundation is the home of the Maryland Advanced Development Laboratory, which, according to its website, focuses on laboratory and prototype activities in:
- Aviation
- Computer Science
- Atmospheric Physics
- Electro-Optics
- Digital Cartography
- Radar and Infrared Sensor Technology
- and Atmospheric Sampling
This is a developing story and will be updated.