Truly Miraculous' Rescue-at-Sea Prevents Tragedy After Plane Crash in the Bahamas: CNN

"One survivor said the pilot got off course while trying to avoid storms, then lost GPS navigation and started running low on fuel, which caused both engines to quit, forcing the pilot to ditch in the Atlantic. All 11 people on board then spent five hours floating in the open ocean waiting to be rescued, Muntean said."

"The Coast Guard says it first received a distress signal from that downed plane around 11 A.M. Eastern Time on Tuesday. Incredibly, the crew of an Air Force C-130 rescue plane was already nearby on a water rescue training mission that clearly turned into the real thing. The C-130 crew says they quickly found the survivors floating together in a single life raft roughly 80 miles east of Melbourne, Florida, Muntean continued."

"The crew dropped extra rafts, food, water, emergency gear. Also helped dispatch an emergency rescue helicopter from the Air Force. The Air Force said the weather was deteriorating pretty quickly and thunderstorms were nearby seas between three and five feet. The rescue crew hovered about 10-feet above the water while rescue men hoisted the survivors up to the helicopter."

"At a post-rescue press conference, survivor Olympia Oughton recounted how she prayed for rescue. I said, lord, save us, lord, save us. Let someone see us. Lord, let someone see us. Because to be able to see, to be on the water and to be out there for five hours, and then seeing no line and just seeing long black water, Oughton said of the terrifying ordeal."

A plane carrying passengers between Florida and Freeport in the Bahamas crashed into the Atlantic after the pilot went off course to avoid storms, lost GPS navigation, and ran low on fuel, causing both engines to quit. The 11 survivors spent about five hours floating in open ocean before rescue. The Coast Guard received a distress signal around 11 A.M. Eastern Time on Tuesday. An Air Force C-130 crew already nearby on a water rescue training mission quickly located the survivors in a life raft roughly 80 miles east of Melbourne, Florida. The crew dropped extra rafts, food, water, and emergency gear, and helped dispatch an emergency rescue helicopter. With seas about three to five feet and thunderstorms nearby, rescuers hovered about 10 feet above the water and hoisted survivors into the helicopter. A survivor described praying for rescue and relief when rescuers were finally spotted.

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