By Associated Press - Friday, February 8, 2019

MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says crews are responding to reports of a Conquest Air plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean about 13 miles (21 kilometers) off the coast of Miami.

The agency said in a news release sent Friday that the airplane went down east of Bay Harbor Island while traveling from Nassau, Bahamas to Opa-locka, Florida.

Rescue crews hoisted a man into a helicopter and took him to shore.



Video footage showed the plane upside down in the water.

The Coast Guard said the Miami-Dade police and fire departments and a commercial salvage crew assisted in the rescue.

No additional details were immediately available.

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