{"id":268700,"date":"2026-05-12T23:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268700\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:50:07","slug":"10-rescued-after-a-small-plane-crashes-off-the-florida-coast-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268700\/","title":{"rendered":"10 rescued after a small plane crashes off the Florida coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Coast Guard generic (WJXT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A small plane crashed Tuesday in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/bahamas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bahamian waters<\/a> off the coast of Florida and all 10 people aboard were rescued, officials in the Bahamas said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The pilot had declared an emergency and then communication with the aircraft was lost, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority in the Bahamas said in a media post. The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple Bahamian agencies were involved in the ensuing search and rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The aircraft crashed about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Florida\u2019s Vero Beach Regional Airport at around 12:05 p.m., the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The plane took off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas and was headed to Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport, also in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The U.S. Coast Guard launched a C-27 aircraft to look for the downed Beechcraft 300 King Air turboprop plane. 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