Miracle at Montana airport as passengers, pilot stroll away from flaming airplane crash

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Video captured the aftermath of a airplane crash at Kalispell City Airport in Montana on Monday, and remarkably, the pilot and three passengers escaped severe damage.

Kalispell Hearth Division Chief Jay Hagen informed Fox Information Digital that emergency crews have been dispatched shortly after 2 p.m. following studies of the crash.

An investigation into the crash discovered {that a} small airplane got here in for touchdown when it crashed and slid into one other small airplane, inflicting them to burst into flames.

Hagen mentioned the three passengers and pilot on board the plane that crashed have been in a position to get out of the plane with minor accidents.

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<source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/672/378/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1344/756/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="378" width="672"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/931/523/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1862/1046/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> 4 folks walked away with minor accidents after the airplane they have been in crashed into one other airplane and burst into flames in Kalispell, Montana, on Aug. 11, 2025. ( Scott Carpenter/TMX)

The chief additionally mentioned no person was on the stationary plane that the airplane crashed into.

In truth, all of the victims have been handled on the scene and launched.

Each planes concerned have been misplaced fully, he added.

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<source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/672/378/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1344/756/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="378" width="672"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/931/523/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1862/1046/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> 4 folks walked away with minor accidents after the airplane they have been in crashed into one other airplane and burst into flames in Kalispell, Montana, on Aug. 11, 2025. ( Scott Carpenter/TMX)

Cellphone video taken by witnesses exhibits the taxiway engulfed in flames and thick black smoke billowing into the air.

In a single clip, a bystander remarks that the airplane "hit the bottom and bounced up."

Later footage exhibits the hearth almost extinguished, although the pavement stays coated in soot.

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<source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/672/378/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1344/756/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="378" width="672"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/931/523/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1862/1046/montana-plane-crash-pilot-passengers-survive-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> 4 folks walked away with minor accidents after the airplane they have been in crashed into one other airplane and burst into flames in Kalispell, Montana, on Aug. 11, 2025. ( Scott Carpenter/TMX)