Crews Search For Possible Plane Crash In Monongahela River Near Masontown

December 7, 2024 11:20 am

(WJPA/WPXI) – First responders continue to search for a plane that possibly crashed near the Monongahela River in Fayette County.  Several departments began searching on and along the river near Masontown on Friday afternoon. They returned to the area on Saturday morning.  The Adah Volunteer Fire Department says late into the search, a crew on the water identified an “area of interest” near where “the initial report was given of seeing the aircraft potentially go down.” That area of interest is on the Fayette County side of the Monongahela River in German Township, near Masontown.  WJPA spoke with Fayette County 911 supervisors Saturday morning who said there is still a search for this possible plane.  Fayette 911 did not have confirmation that the plane was located.  Supervisors did confirm that crews are looking in the Monongahela River – not on land – and that dive crews were in the water Saturday.