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A pilot plunged his Robinson R-44 helicopter into the water close to Key Biscayne on Saturday after reporting engine points.
In line with the Federal Aviation Administration, who’s investigating the crash, the four-seat helicopter went down round 1:50pm off the Invoice Baggs Cape Florida State Park.
The pilot, whose id has not but been disclosed, managed to flee the terrifying incident with minor accidents.
Footage recorded after the crash confirmed frightened beachgoers gathered on the water’s edge, watching emergency officers rush to the scene to rescue the pilot.
In a video posted on the Solely in Dade Instagram account, a rescue helicopter may very well be seen hovering above the sinking Robinson R-44.
A Robinson R-44 helicopter crashed into the water close to Key Biscayne, Florida, on Saturday after the pilot reported engine points; pictured: the sunk helicopter beneath the water
Emergency officers rushed to the pilot’s assist as frightened onlookers watched the rescue unfold; pictured: a rescue helicopter flying above the distressed pilot
‘There was a helicopter crash,’ the person filming the video narrated.
He swept the digicam alongside the glinting Key Biscayne water.
‘The helicopter crash occurred someplace over right here.’
Within the video, different witnesses had been standing inches from the lapping waves, their eyes straining to make out the crashed helicopter.
‘There’s one other one. And one other one,’ a younger lady may very well be heard saying in reference to the approaching rescue helicopters.
Sheridan Flynn, who occurred to be on the seaside and witnessed the harrowing crash, took to X.com, previously Twitter, to explain what he had seen.
‘Simply witnessed a helicopter crash into the water simply off Key Biscayne, Miami,’ Flynn wrote. ‘Hope the occupants received out okay’.
Flynn mentioned that the helicopter was flying in an uncommon method proper earlier than the crash.
‘Seemed just like the chopper had been flying low and really near the water simply previous to the crash’.
The witness went on to reward the efforts of the rescuers: ‘Emergency providers and civilian watercraft responded extraordinarily shortly’.
Beachgoers witnessed the helicopter’s dramatic crash; pictured: a rescue helicopter flying above the sunk air craft
Flynn additionally shared a video of the helicopter after the crash, by which the overturned Robinson R-44 mild plane may very well be seen coming up and down rhythmically within the ocean swell.
The complete helicopter is beneath the water aside from the touchdown skids, which poke out just a few ft.
Within the distance, a fleet of boats may very well be seen dashing to the pilot’s rescue.
A witness informed NBC6 South Florida that the helicopter appeared to undergo from a mechanical failure.
‘It regarded prefer it had some type of mechanical failure as I noticed the tail finish of the helicopter [swing’ side to side’.
‘And then I just saw it take a nosedive into the water’.
Although seeing the helicopter crash was terrifying for many, witnesses were impressed with speed with which emergency officials came to the pilot’s aid.
‘It was great to see within 30 seconds or a minute there was already a first responder at the helicopter recovering the pilot from the water,’ said one witness.
Another bystander told News7 that he was ‘lying on the beach’ when the helicopter plummeted into the water.
‘I was just lying on the beach, and I’m looking out into the ocean . All of a sudden, I see a helicopter kind of get a little low,’ Christopher Rodriguez said.
‘It keeps getting low, it keeps getting down, and all of a sudden, wham, hits the ground really loud’.
From the shore, people watched a police marine unit conduct a lightning-fast rescue; pictured: the sunk helicopter bobbing in the water and rescue boats rushing to the pilot’s aid
Like the other witness, Rodriguez admired how quickly emergency officials arrived at the scene.
‘I’ve got to say, I think it was Coast Guard or the first responders, whoever arrived at the scene were very fast, I’d say within a minute’.
‘The helicopter wasn’t even fully underwater yet, and the first responders were there,’ Rodriguez added.
A police marine unit is reported to have rescued the pilot.
‘I saw a raft appear, and I believe a man came up,’ Rodriguez said.
‘A couple of helicopters came around, and that’s pretty much all that happened’.
FAA investigators said that the pilot was the sole individual on board the helicopter.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said that the pilot suffered minor injuries but was not taken to the hospital.
