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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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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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