Plane Lands in Ocean; All 9 Aboard Are Saved
A plane made an emergency ocean landing with nine people on board, and all were rescued, officials said.
The twin-engine Piper Navajo went down about five to seven miles east of Boston Harbor. Two families on board, including five children ages 7 to 14, were rescued and suffered only minor injuries, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
The pilot reported fuel problems shortly before he brought the plane down, the spokeswoman said.
Rescuers found the families in life rafts about 45 minutes after the first report of the plane going down. The plane had been traveling to an airport near Boston from Nantucket Airport.
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