2 Bodies Recovered From Plane Crash Off Dania Beach September 3, 2016 10:54 AM
(Source: CBS4)
DANIA BEACH (CBSMiami) — Two people were found deceased following a plane crash that went down in the ocean off Dania Beach.
A crashed Cessna plane is seen about 40 ft underwater off Dania Beach. (Source: CBS4)
Just after 10 a.m. Saturday, Broward Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol said the small Cessna crashed about two miles east of the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, along 100 N. Beach Rd.
About an hour later, a Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue aircraft located wreckage and two people roughly one and a half miles south of Port Everglades. They were transferred to Station Fort Lauderdale and pronounced deceased.
“A Broward Sheriff’s Air Rescue helicopter was the first out there, over the ocean,” said Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Mike Jachles. “There was some bad weather a couple miles out, so they were actually diverted from that bad weather. Diverted towards the coast line, when they did encounter what looked like an oil slick and then the small debris field. They confirmed they located the wreckage and the plane was located approximately 200 yards offshore in about 40 feet of water.”
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the plane took off from Pompano around 8:30 a.m. and the first distress calls were received around 10 a.m.
A search was suspended after confirming that there weren’t other passengers aboard the plane.
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Department of Fire and Rescue, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine units, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Department and Seatow also assisted with the search.
The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation.
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Small plane crashes near Dania Beach, killing two.
Erika Pesantes Contact ReporterSun Sentinel
Plane crashes down off Dania Beach's coast, killing two, officials say
Two people were killed in Saturday morning's plane crash off the Dania Beach coast, authorities said.
First responders found the downed small plane and the bodies of two occupants off the coast of Dania Beach, according to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles confirmed the two deaths during a news conference Saturday afternoon.
However, authorities don't yet know how many people were on the plane, so they're still searching the waters for others who may have been on the plane, the Coast Guard said. The plane has a capacity of four. The identities of those who died aren't yet known.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen described the aircraft as a Cessna 172 that was flying south along Broward County's shoreline before it fell into the ocean.
In the moments after the crash, Fort Lauderdale's fire-rescue boat and divers were in the water assisting with the downed plane, said the agency's battalion chief Greg May.
According to Coast Guard Petty Officer Eric Woodall, the agency dispatched a boat from its station in Fort Lauderdale shortly after 10 a.m. to respond to the crash site.
This story will be updated. Check back for more information.
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Date:
03-SEP-2016
Time: 10:00
Type:
Cessna 172
Owner/operator:
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Substantial
Location: Atlantic Ocean off Dania Beach, Broward County, FL -
United States of America Phase: En route
Nature: Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted the waters of the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Dania Beach Ocean Park, just east of Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (KFLL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard received fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/dania-beach/--fl-plane-down-fort-lauderdale-20160903-story.html
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/09/03/small-plane-crashes-off-dania-beach/
https://www.google.com/maps/@26.0580983,-80.110558,17z/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en-us