Plane crash victims record dramatic rescue
Victims of a helicopter crash shared a video of their rescue in Half Moon Bay, California.
The dramatic video shows the pair in the middle of the sea waving frantically for the Coast Guard.
Both the pilot and passenger did not suffer any injuries in the crash. According to reports, 34-year-old David Lesh took his Beechcraft Bonanza plane out to the California coast with his friend, Kayla, for a mid-air photo shoot. Unexpectedly, the plane's engine failed while they were 3,400 feet in the air.
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Another video of the plane crashing was shared on social media.
The pair were lucky to land softly in the Pacific Ocean off Half Moon Bay, close to San Francisco.
The pilot shared the experience with NBC: "We skipped along the water for a few hundred feet and the impact was very minimal…we immediately opened the door and got out onto the wing."
Watch the videos below.
#NEW WATCH the moment the aircraft hit water. Pilot tells me he just got the plane a few weeks ago. He was in the middle of a photo shoot over the coast, when plane lost power. Says there was no real impact, he was able to skip the aircraft along the water. Amazing. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/Sedd5E4cRt
— Amanda del Castillo (@AmandaABC7) August 21, 2019