Rescue after small plane crashes into Long Island Sound
A small Piper PA-32, declaring an emergency shortly after takeoff near a Connecticut airport, crashed into the Long Island Sound. Quick Coast Guard intervention rescued both occupants, averting a potential maritime disaster amid bewildered local officials and onlookers.
Two people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their plane crashed into the Long Island Sound, which is near Tweed New Haven Airport.
The Piper PA-32 went down near Thimble Islands about 10 minutes into its takeoff from Bridgeport, according to a report.
A private Piper PA-32 plane with two people aboard has crashed into the Long Island Sound near a Connecticut airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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