Two men survive plane crash near Paradise; were headed to Seattle

A small twin-propeller airplane crashed Tuesday, Jan. 3, at about 9:15 a.m. approximately 200 yards behind the Montana Rail Link railroad in Paradise. (Douglas Wilks photos/Clark Fork Valley Press).

Plane crash survivors were transported to the hospital in Plains as a precaution.

by Megan Strickland Special to Mineral Independent
| January 11, 2017 4:00 AM

Plane crash survivors were transported to the hospital in Plains as a precaution.

Two men walked away from an airplane crash near Paradise on Tuesday, January 3.

Sanders County Sheriff Tom Rummel said the crash was reported at 9:30 a.m., and involved a small twin-engine plane that crash landed southeast of Paradise in a field between the railroad tracks and a nearby river. Debris was scattered at the site for about 150 yards.

Two Montana Rail Link employees reported seeing two individuals walking around the plane following the crash

“It’s amazing these guys were able to walk away,” Rummel said, making note that the plane appeared to be completely totaled.

The two individuals riding in the plane were transported to the hospital in Plains, Rummel said. He did not have more information about the extent of the injuries suffered.

Rummel said the plane was flying from Missoula to Seattle when it went down. He did not have any insight to the cause of the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration was sending an investigator to the scene of the crash.

“They will be in charge of the investigation,” Rummel said.