{"id":268885,"date":"2026-05-13T02:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268885\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:57:09","slug":"coast-guard-rescues-11-from-ocean-after-plane-crashes-off-florida-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268885\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard rescues 11 from ocean after plane crashes off Florida coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First responders were sent scrambling after a plane carrying 11 people crashed into the ocean off the coast of Florida on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The US Coast Guard\u2019s Southeast Division said they\u2019re actively searching for an airplane that crashed about 80 miles off Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unknown why the plane crashed, but storms were reported in the area at the time, according to the FOX Forecast Center.<\/p>\n<p>Weather conditions in Melbourne, Florida, consisted of 17 mph wind speeds, with a high chance for showers and thunderstorms, and an 80% chance of precipitation, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard said all 11 people are reportedly accounted for and are being brought to emergency medical services for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39361096\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-people-rescued-plane-crashes-127594965.jpg\" alt=\"A dark gray helicopter flying against a cloudy sky.\" class=\"wp-image-39361096\"  \/>It\u2019s unknown why the plane crashed, but storms were reported in the area at the time. FOX 35 Orlando<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39361097\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-people-rescued-plane-crashes-127594932.jpg\" alt=\"An airplane on the tarmac with emergency vehicles nearby, accompanied by a news banner reading &quot;10 PEOPLE RESCUED FROM PLANE CRASH 80 MILES OFF COAST OF MELBOURNE&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-39361097\"  \/>The Coast Guard said all 11 people are reportedly accounted for and are being brought to emergency medical services for further evaluation. WESH 2<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told our affiliate, FOX 35, that the plane was traveling between islands in the Bahamas when it crashed, and the cause remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone onboard the plane has been taken to the hospital for treatment, according to Brevard County officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First responders were sent scrambling after a plane carrying 11 people crashed into the ocean off the coast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11160,28,30,29,27433,111319,4278],"class_list":["post-268885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-atlantic-ocean","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-plane-crashes","tag-rescues","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}