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Nearly three hours later, they spotted the five people floating on a life raft about nine nautical miles southeast of Nassau.

The pilot is reportedly Bahamian, but the nationalities of the others aboard the aircraft were not immediately reported. There were no reported injuries.

The plane had taken off from Crooked Islands, Bahamas, and was en route to Nassau when it went down.

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Tracy Woodard from InTown Cares (left) and Lauren Hopper from Mercy Care organization work with residents at the Copperton Street encampment in August 2024. 
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