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    2 from Alabama rescued after splashdown in Bahamas

    MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of two Alabama residents whose single-engine plane splashed down in the Bahamas.

    According to the Coast Guard, 59-year-old pilot Richard McGlaughlin and 25-year-old passenger Elaine McGlaughlin alerted authorities Saturday that their small plane was going down due to engine trouble.

    Coast Guard crews found the McGlaughlins floating in an inflatable raft about 2 miles west of Andros Island, Bahamas. Pictures provided by the Coast Guard show their plane's tail and one wing sticking up out of the water, along with the plane's red-and-white parachute.

    No injuries were reported.

    The McGlaughlins are from Birmingham, Ala. They told WSVN-TV in Miami that they deployed the plane's parachute to soften their landing. The pair said they had been flying to Haiti for charity work.

     

    5 comments

    • BeachBum  •  4 mths ago
      " Pictures provided by the Coast Guard show their plane's tail and one wing sticking up out of the water, along with the plane's red-and-white parachute.". And yet, no pic in the story.
    • Rock  •  4 mths ago
      Apparently, ONLY Yahoo reporters are allowed to view these alleged photos.
    • LEARY 55  •  4 mths ago
      It shows that passengers in small planes can be saved by the planes parachute. FAA, are you listening?
      • Scott The Rider 4 mths ago
        Why the FAA? It should be up to the people who build the airplanes, and the choice of the customer who buys it. Small airplanes are expensive enough - mostly due to government regulation and frivolous lawsuits. We dont need more requirements packed on it.
    • Gary P  •  Akron, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      mmmmmmm i want a parachute on the boeing 747
    • clarenceworley  •  Portland, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      Did they save the beer?
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