The Regal Princess was on a seven-day cruise.
Passengers on board a cruise ship cheered on the deck as the vessel’s crew helped with the dramatic rescue of two plane crash survivors.
The Federal Aviation Administration was notified about the crash and the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami sent an aircraft and asked the ship’s captain for help, the Miami New Times reported. Another tweeted:"We had some excitement on the Regal Princess this afternoon. Thankfully it ended well with 2 people rescued from a raft that had gone down in a small aircraft. Princess to the rescue!"
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