U.S. Coast Guard photo from 2014
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell
Key Takeaways:
Five people, including a small child, survived a Cessna 172 ditching off Nassau after the pilot reported engine problems.
They were rescued from a life raft by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter three hours after the incident and transported by the Royal Bahamian Defence Force.
Favorable weather conditions were cited as a key factor in their successful ditching and subsequent rescue.
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.
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