{"id":80641,"date":"2026-05-14T03:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/survivors-of-plane-crash-off-florida-coast-were-on-raft-for-hours-didnt-know-help-was-coming-military-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T03:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:02:01","slug":"survivors-of-plane-crash-off-florida-coast-were-on-raft-for-hours-didnt-know-help-was-coming-military-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/survivors-of-plane-crash-off-florida-coast-were-on-raft-for-hours-didnt-know-help-was-coming-military-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors of plane crash off Florida coast were on raft for hours, didn&#8217;t know help was coming, military says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/united-states-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. military<\/a> who helped to rescue <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/florida-plane-crash-ocean-vero-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">11 people who were on board a plane that crashed<\/a><\/span> about 80 miles off the east coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Florida<\/a> on Tuesday spoke about the dramatic incident and said it was &#8220;miraculous&#8221; that no major injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles off the coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/melbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Melbourne<\/a>, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/miami\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Miami<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Military officials said an emergency locator transmitter signal from a twin-engine turboprop airplane had alerted the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District watchstanders to a potential distress situation around 11 a.m. Tuesday, and a rescue operation was soon launched.<\/p>\n<p>At the time the alert was received, a 920th Rescue Wing HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter crew had already been airborne conducting a training mission at the time and was redirected to assist in the search and rescue effort.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/eb33e5da-aa05-455e-86c8-d4b5bbb891f4\/thumbnail\/620x827\/94c8ce421591e14087e5791a76d979e6\/9681908.jpg#\" alt=\"9681908.jpg \" height=\"827\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/eb33e5da-aa05-455e-86c8-d4b5bbb891f4\/thumbnail\/620x827\/94c8ce421591e14087e5791a76d979e6\/9681908.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/eb33e5da-aa05-455e-86c8-d4b5bbb891f4\/thumbnail\/1240x1654\/707315ddf2a525f28ed1e6f45d8eadfd\/9681908.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This image provided by the Air Force Reserve Command is a bird&#8217;s eye view of the raft that officials say the survivors were on for hours at the time of the rescue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                DVIDS \/ Photo by Gwendolyn Kurzen \/ Air Force Reserve Command<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater C-27 Spartan aircrew and an HC-130J Combat King II aircrew from Patrick Space Force Base also assisted with the rescue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We got notification from their (Emergency Locator Transmitter) beacon, and that was all the information that was relayed to us at the time,&#8221; Maj. Elizabeth Piowaty, aircraft commander on the HC-130J Combat King II, said during a news conference Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>She said the ELT sends a signal when there&#8217;s a potential issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a certain amount of impact when it hits land or water,&#8221; Piowaty said. &#8220;It can trigger that sensor, which will go off and give notifications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Plane crash survivors were floating on raft for hours<\/h2>\n<p>The 11 Bahamian adults were eventually spotted on a life raft floating in the ocean, and the military said their survival was &#8220;miraculous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They had already been in the raft for about five hours,&#8221; Capt. Rory Whipple said. &#8220;You could tell just by looking at them that they were in distress. Physically, mentally and emotionally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said they train for situations like that all the time, so for them it was &#8220;just another day at work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But for those who survived the crash, it wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dehydration is probably, like, the biggest threat to them,&#8221; Whipple said of their possible injuries. &#8220;Also, it was a plane crash. So, possibly any kind of injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was likely an emotional time for the survivors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t have communication,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t even know we were coming (to rescue them) until we were directly overhead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/42c596c1-9420-4da2-8f8c-4fcfb69afe42\/thumbnail\/620x349g8\/7265ca6b07bd4fbcb6c2967dc18423a2\/cbsmiami-plane-crash-rescue-1.jpg#\" alt=\"cbsmiami-plane-crash-rescue-1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/42c596c1-9420-4da2-8f8c-4fcfb69afe42\/thumbnail\/620x349g8\/7265ca6b07bd4fbcb6c2967dc18423a2\/cbsmiami-plane-crash-rescue-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/13\/42c596c1-9420-4da2-8f8c-4fcfb69afe42\/thumbnail\/1240x698g8\/7773c231c128debf67e6789b042bad0f\/cbsmiami-plane-crash-rescue-1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This image provided by the 920th Rescue Wing shows a helicopter preparing to pull survivors of a plane crash from the Atlantic Ocean about 80 miles off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                920th Rescue Wing<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>If they waited even a minute, a storm might have derailed the rescue<\/h2>\n<p>Piowaty echoed those statements and described their rescue, which took place as a thunderstorm was about to roll in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once we flew over them and identified them, a thunderstorm was coming in, so they had their rain tarp over them for protection from exposure,&#8221; Piowaty said.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say that surviving a crash in the ocean was rare.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have not known anyone to survive a ditching in the ocean,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So, the pilot would be worried about the sea states, the crest. Trying to land at the slowest but safest air speed. And, from what I&#8217;ve seen, I mean, for all those people to survive is pretty miraculous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All 11 survivors were hoisted into the helicopter with minutes left of fuel to spare. They were transported to Melbourne Orlando International Airport and were all listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the plane departed from Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, and was headed to Freeport when it experienced engine failure and crashed. 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