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Plane carrying 19 people crashes off Miami Beach; fatalitiesAssociated PressMIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A propeller plane carrying at 17 passengers and two crew members crashed Monday just off Miami Beach, and there were some fatalities, authorities said.
The Chalk's Ocean Airways plane crashed into the water shortly before 3 p.m., said Miami Beach Fire Department support services chief Javier Otero. He said there were two confirmed fatalities and some survivors.
"We're still trying to get people out of the water," Otero said.
Otero said the plane was one that regularly schedules flights to and from the Bahamas, but he did not know immediately whether the aircraft was incoming or outgoing.
Television helicopter footage showed a debis field in Government Cut, the channel that ships take into the Port of Miami past South Beach. Law enforcement boats and helicopters were in the area doing searches. The were joined by others in private boats, on Jet Skis and on surfboards.
Chalk's Ocean Airways was founded in 1919. Its floating planes take off in the water. Chalk's aircraft have been featured in TV shows like "Miami Vice."