Small Plane Crashes Into Water Off Government Cut At Port Miami
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – One man has been rescued after a plane he was piloting went down in the water off of Downtown Miami.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, a MDFR Fireboat was dispatched at approximately 11:45 a.m. and found a plane in the water off Government Cut at Port Miami.
Rescue workers found that the plane's pilot had made it out of the aircraft and was on board of a Good Samaritan's boat.
Divers went into the water and confirmed that the pilot was the only person on the plane.
The pilot was brought onto a MDFR Fireboat and assessed for injuries.
Once the boat arrived to land, the pilot was transported to a nearby hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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