MIAMI— Coast Guard rescue crews located five survivors from a downed
aircraft nine nautical miles southeast of Nassau, Bahamas Monday
evening.
At approximately 7:30 p.m., air traffic controllers in Nassau
contacted watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District command center
to assist in the search of a downed single engine Cessna aircraft with
five people reportedly aboard. The watchstanders launched a deployed
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to search alongside the Royal
Bahamian Defence Force.
The aircraft was reported to have taken off from Crooked Islands, Bahamas, en route to Nassau.
At approximately 10:20 p.m., the watchstanders at the command center
received a report from the aircrew aboard the MH-60 aircraft that they
located the five people floating on a life raft approximately nine
nautical miles southeast of Nassau. The Royal Bahamian Defence Force
arrived on scene, safely embarked the five people and transported them
back to the Bahamas.
There were no reported injuries.
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