Initial ‘No survivors’ after plane crashes in a remote area near Madras, Oregon

Initial ‘No survivors’ after plane crashes in a remote area near Madras, Oregon, killing everyone onboard.

Oregon – A small plane traveling from an airport south of Portland to Idaho struck a wire atop a 500-kilovolt power line and crashed Sunday afternoon in a remote area about five miles southeast of Madras, and there were no survivors, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said Monday.

Frontier Regional 911 dispatchers received the report of a plane crash around 7:40 p.m. and first responders including Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies, Fire & EMS and Madras Police were immediately dispatched.