Newly Released Video Shows Crews Rescuing Pilot From Submerged Plane Near Oak Island Pier

Moment pilot is rescued after emergency water landing

New drone video shows rescuers rushing to the small plane off the coast of North Carolina and extracting the pilot in less than 30 seconds.

New video shows dramatic pilot rescue

Officials in North Carolina released drone video of first responders saving a pilot from his plane after it crashed into the ocean. The crash happened earlier this month when the plane began experiencing engine failure. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch speaks with the firefighters who made the rescue.

Pilot dragged out of submerged cockpit after emergency landing near busy beach

Drone footage shows a pilot being dragged by his legs out of a submerged cockpit after ditching his plane in the ocean to avoid a busy beach. While flying over Oak Island beach in North Carolina, the small aircraft experienced an engine failure. Unable to return to the Cape Fear Regional Jetport, and seeing the beach area to be crowded, the pilot made the decision to perform an emergency landing in the ocean. Within minutes of landing in the wat…

Newly released video shows crews rescuing pilot from submerged plane near Oak Island Pier

The footage shows the plane landing and flipping as it hits the water.

Newly released drone video shows pilot rescue in Oak Island

OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — Newly released video shows the dramatic rescue of a pilot who was forced to make an emergency water landing earlier this month near the Oak Island Pier. The video, captured by the Oak Island Drone Unit, shows the rapid response from rescuers nearby after the plan hit the water. Rescuers guided the pilot, who was surviving on a small pocket of air in the cabin, feet-first under the water and out through the windshield. The…

Pilot Rescued After Emergency Water Landing Off North Carolina Coast - The Global Herald

Location: Oak Island Pier, North Carolina ...