A Plane Hit Powerlines Over I-26 in North Carolina and Burst Into Flames. Nobody Was Seriously Hurt

Emergency responders work the scene of a small plane that crashed on Interstate 26 West near Asheville, N.C, on Dec. 14, 2023. Angela Wilhelm/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP

ASHEVILLE, N.C.—A small plane crashed on a western North Carolina highway and caught fire Thursday night, but the two people on board escaped life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

A single-engine Diamond DA-40 crashed on Interstate 26 near Asheville Regional Airport around 8:15 p.m. with two people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration reported.