{"id":16649,"date":"2012-01-09T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=16649"},"modified":"2012-01-09T08:43:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T13:43:15","slug":"u-s-coast-guard-rescued-two-after-plane-splashes-down-in-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/01\/u-s-coast-guard-rescued-two-after-plane-splashes-down-in-bahamas","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Coast Guard Rescued Two After Plane Splashes Down in Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoastTwo Alabama residents were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their single-engine plane\u00a0 splashed down in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

Pilot Richard McGlaughlin, 59, and his passenger Elaine McGlaughlin, 25,\u00a0 alerted authorities Saturday that their small plane was going down due to engine trouble.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Coast Guard found the McGlaughlins floating in an inflatable raft about 2 miles west of Andros. Pictures provided by the Coast Guard show their plane’s tail and one wing sticking up out of the water, along with the plane’s red-and-white parachute.<\/p>\n

No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

The McGlaughlins are from Birmingham, Ala.\u00a0 They told WSVN-TV in Miami that they deployed the plane’s parachute to soften their landing. The pair said they had been flying to Haiti for charity work.<\/p>\n

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