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'Pretty miraculous' - 11 rescued after pilot ditches plane in Atlantic
The survivors spent about five hours on a life raft before being rescued by the US Air Force off Florida's coast.

What happened
According to BBC News’s source item, ‘Pretty miraculous’ - 11 rescued after pilot ditches plane in Atlantic, The survivors spent about five hours on a life raft before being rescued by the US Air Force off Florida’s coast.
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- 'Pretty miraculous' - 11 rescued after pilot ditches plane in AtlanticBBC News - 2026-05-14T18:38:42+00:00
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