Sea Plane Crashes Near South Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FL — A sea plan crash landed in waters off South Beach on Sunday, acccording to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. The incident happened just before noon. First responders took the pilot to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

“This morning, at approximately 11:42 a.m., our 9-1-1 center received a call reporting a plane down in channel of Government Cut at Port Miami,” Erika Benitez of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue explained.

No one else was aboard the aircraft at the time of the crash, Benitez said, adding that first responders from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Fireboat 73 responded along with the U.S. Coast Guard and a Miami-Dade Police Department Marine Unit.

Benitez said that the pilot had already made it out of the plane and was on a Good Samaritan’s boat when rescuers arrived

“MDFR divers were deployed into the water to ensure there were no other possible patients inside the plane,” Benitez said. “After a secondary search, divers confirmed that the only person was the single pilot.”

She said the pilot was taken to shore by the crew of Fireboat 73 and assessed for injuries.

“Once the Fireboat arrived to land, the patient was then transported by ground to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries,” Benitez added

Fire Boat 73 is stationed at Port Miami.

Photo courtesy Miami-Dade Fire Rescue