The Bahamian government says the five were rescued by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force after their single engine Cessna went down late yesterday about 25 kilometers southeast of Nassau.
A government statement today reported that they were examined at a hospital in Nassau and released. All five are from the Bahamas. Their plane had taken off from Crooked Island.
A US Coast Guard air crew was called in to help with the search and spotted the five people floating on a life raft about 14 kilometers off Nassau.