2 in plane caught high in power lines in Maryland

A small plane carrying two people got stuck in live power lines Sunday evening in Maryland, causing widespread power outages in the surrounding county as officials worked to extricate the aircraft and its occupants.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the single-engine plane, which had departed White Plains, New York, crashed into a power line tower near Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg around 5:40 p.m. Sunday and the plane was stuck about 30 meters above the ground.

The FAA said two people were aboard. The cause of the crash wasn't immediately clear. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what happened.