Dashcam video captured a small, single-engine plane dropping down from the sky, clipping power lines and leaving a fiery plume in its path before crashing into a highway near Seattle. (Guanting Li)The video shows a small, single-engine plane drop down from the sky, clipping power lines and leaving a fiery plume in its path before crashing into a highway near Seattle. Simpson said the pilot told authorities that he lost engine power upon takeoff from Paine Field (also known as Snohomish County Airport). “We definitely felt the fireball as it went over the van,” Amanda Hayes, who said her vehicle was scraped by a wing of the plane, told KING. I felt the heat go right by.”Khal Nouri, who was stopped at a red light with his family, told KING the plane zipped over them.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2017 14:01 UTC