Murphy told Newsweek that the small plane crashed amid "early morning fog." Given the location of the crash on the mountain and the "very tough terrain," emergency r

First responders have reported a small plane crash in Manchester, Vermont on Tuesday morning. The crash happened near Equinox Mountain, according to the Manchester Police and Fire department dispatch. Details at this time are currently scarce regarding the nature of the crash and the number of people on board the plane.

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.

"A beautiful flight up." That's how John Murphy described the flight with his adult son Josiah and daughter departing from Martin State Airport in Maryland en route to Southern Vermont. The plan was to take their skis and hit the slopes at the Killington Resort,

Image via Shutterstock A father and his two adult children managed to survive the impossible — a plane crash on a snowy Vermont mountain. Fortunately, despite being shaken by the crash, they managed to live to tell the tale.

John Murphy and his adult children all survived when their small plane crashed into the snowy peak of Mount Equinox in Vermont on Feb. 26.