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'We didn't die': Pilot recounts crash landing in Atlantic with 10 aboard

BBC World · May 14, 2026, 6:38 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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The 11 survivors spent roughly five hours on a life raft, before being rescued by the US Air Force off Florida coast.

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'We didn't die': Pilot recounts crash landing in Atlantic with 10 aboard

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