Andrea Denning, her 15-year-old son, pilot Scott Miller, all seriously injured, transported to hospital, after their aircraft crashes into Hoslton Mountain near Elizabethton in Carter County.

Three people who survived a plane crash atop Holston Mountain in East Tennessee have been safely rescued.

Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathis told the Johnson City Press that rescuers reached the victims Wednesday morning after getting a report about the crash Tuesday evening. Mathis says it took rescue crews several hours to reach the site of the crash, which was in a densely forested area at an elevation of 3,000 feet.

He said the plane had stopped in Elizabethton for fuel on its way to Ohio after departing from Charleston, S.C.

Authorities have released the names of two of three people injured Tuesday night when their plane crashed into Holston Mountain near the Carter County/Sullivan County line.

The pilot was Scott Miller and his passengers were Andrea Denning and her 15-year-old son, whose name was not released. All three were from Ohio.