"A beautiful flight up." That's how John Murphy described the flight with his adult son Josiah and daughter departing from Martin State Airport in Maryland en route to Southern Vermont. The plan was to take their skis and hit the slopes at the Killington Resort,

While trying to hit the slopes in Vermont, John Murphy and his family were met with a tragedy that almost cost them their lives.

Three people were airlifted to a hospital after a flight that took off from a County airport crash-landed on a mountain in Vermont, according to first responders.