{"id":271610,"date":"2026-05-15T00:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271610\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:50:18","slug":"bahamian-woman-recounts-harrowing-plane-crash-off-florida-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271610\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahamian woman recounts harrowing plane crash off Florida coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Bahamian woman is sharing her terrifying story after surviving a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean with her family and several other passengers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Forty-eight-year-old Olympia Outten spoke from Holmes Regional Medical Center after the private plane she was traveling on crashed Monday shortly after taking off from Marsh Harbour en route to Freeport, Bahamas. Outten says the aircraft flew into rough weather before the situation quickly got worse. \u201cWe went into the storm,\u201d Outten said. \u201cThe plane started to shake just a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She says her niece realized an engine was no longer working. A decision was made to try and ditch the aircraft in the water before fuel ran out.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After the impact, everyone escaped the aircraft and climbed into an emergency life raft. Outten says they spent hours praying and hoping someone would find them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rescue finally came after the 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Space Force Base was alerted to a possible plane crash off Florida\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen we seen the U.S., everybody was rejoicing,\u201d Outten said. \u201cBecause we thought we was going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. 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