The pilot of a small plane spent hours on the wing of his downed plane waiting to be rescued after he crash-landed in alligator-infested waters in the Florida Everglades.
Video shows a pilot being rescued on Tuesday, hours after his small plane crashed in the Florida Everglades in southwest Broward County.
The pilot of a small plane spent hours on the wing of his downed plane waiting to be rescued after he crash-landed in alligator-infested waters in the Florida Everglades.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the single-engine Cessna 172M crashed around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, but the Broward Sheriff's Office said they didn't receive reports about an aircraft down until about 10 a.m. plane, which is believed to be based out of a Miami-Dade flight school, went down in the area of Mack’s Fish Camp located at 18599 Krome Avenue in southwestern Broward County.
The aircraft was in a very isolated area of the Everglades which can only be accessed by specialized assets, and required a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue airboat and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s aviation unit.
Video shows MDFR dropping down from a helicopter and rescuing the pilot, who made a tourniquet for his leg injury.
Units performed a hoist operation to safely remove the man from the aircraft and transported him to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood to be treated for his injuries.
