A man was rescued after a small plane crashed into the Florida Everglades in far southwestern Broward County Tuesday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration tells WPLG Television that the crash in the Everglades west of Hollywood, Florida, happened around 2 o'clock in the morning after the plane reportedly took off from the Okeechobee area.
Private jet departs ‘without permission’ causing plane collision at Houston airport: FAAFiery moment FedEx plane crash-lands, skids off runway in TennesseeThe unidentified pilot crashed-landed a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk in a remote section of the Everglades near Miami Lakes around 4 a.m., about an hour after he took off from Lake Okeechobee.
It wasn’t till about 10 a.m. that authorities were alerted about the crash, and set about organizing a rescue operation. Hovering over the wreckage, a rescuer was lowered from the chopper with a harness and the pilot was hoisted to safety. The pilot likely had to wait for help until the flight center realized the plane was missing because all his communications devices were submerged, Kane said.
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