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Small plane crashes in ocean off North Carolina coast; pilot rescued
OAK ISLAND, N.C. -- A pilot was rescued Saturday after making an emergency landing in the ocean near a pier in Oak Island, North Carolina. The Town's Beach Safety Unit, who were already in the area responding to a water rescue nearby, were able to quickly assist pilot Mark Finkelstein, who was the only one on board.
AMREF said it is cooperating fully with aviation authorities and emergency responders to determine the cause of the crash.
A Jabiru experimental plane crashed Saturday evening about 200 yards off the beach from Oak Island in Brunswick County, a new ...
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Small plane tumbles into ocean but pilot’s quick thinking averts disaster: ‘The engine just stopped’
Pilot Mark Finkelstein took a small single-engine plane for a short flight on Saturday evening — only to find himself in the water just 13 minutes later.
The airport is about 45 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The crash caused over 18,000 outages, but power was fully restored around 1:30 p.m., local station WCNC reported.
SANFORD, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina family of four, including two school-age children, died when their small plane crashed as they flew back from Florida.
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