All Safe after Cessna Ditches in Bahamas

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, June 09, 2015 at 08:56 PM ET

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U.S. Coast Guard photo from 2014
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell

Key Takeaways:

Five individuals, including a small child, survived after their Cessna 172 ditched off Nassau, Bahamas, following reported engine problems.
The group successfully deployed a life raft and spent three hours in the water before being located by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter.
Favorable weather conditions were credited with aiding the survivors' ability to successfully ditch and deploy their life raft.

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Five survivors were plucked from the waters off Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, late last night after ditching in a Cessna 172 and clambering into a life raft as the sun was going down.

The group floated in the water for three hours about nine miles southeast of Nassau before finally being located at 10:20 p.m. local time by a U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter.