Incident occurred August 25, 2018 off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

The U.S. Coast Guard says five people who departed Elizabeth City in a seaplane on Saturday were rescued by a container ship after their aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in the Atlantic Ocean. According to a press release issued Sunday, the seaplane’s front node was damaged by striking an object on takeoff, forcing the plane to land about 460 miles east southeast of Cape Hatteras

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