A single-engine plane crashed into the ocean off the coast of Vero Beach in Florida on Sunday, June 1 Multiple agencies responded to the mayday call, and a helicopter was able to spot the three passengers in the water Sheriff Eric Flowers said the survivors "would probably be dead out there today if it weren’t for our efforts" Three people were saved in a “heroic” nighttime rescue after a small plane crashed off the coast of Florida.

Three people were dramatically rescued after a small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Vero Beach, Florida. The single-engine aircraft went down about four miles east of the Vero Beach Airport.