Coast Guard rescues man after cargo plane crashes off Miami

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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man from the Atlantic Ocean after a small cargo plane crashed into the water about 13 miles off the coast of Miami.

The agency said in a news release sent Friday that the Conquest Air airplane went down east of Bay Harbor Island while traveling from Nassau, Bahamas to Opa-locka, Florida.

Rescue crews hoisted a man into a helicopter and took him to shore. The Coast Guard launched a second helicopter to search for a second person.

Video footage showed the plane upside down in the water.

The Coast Guard said the Miami-Dade police and fire departments and a commercial salvage crew assisted in the rescue.