Young pilot makes dramatic ocean landing in Florida before she is rescued unscathed
- A young pilot “delicately” ditched a private plane in the water near a South Florida beach and was rescued unhurt after a series of mechanical breakdowns prevented an emergency airport landing.
- Faith Tenkley, 23, told WZVN-TV that she was flying her family's twin-engine propeller plane to pick up her parents in the Bahamas when the problems developed Saturday morning, about 15 miles west of Boca Raton.
- Tenkley, who's been a licensed pilot for four years, said she initially hoped to land at Boca Raton Airport but was thwarted by broken landing gear, forcing her to dodge buildings and paddleboarde
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- A young pilot “delicately” ditched a private plane in the water near a South Florida beach and was rescued unhurt after a series of mechanical breakdowns prevented an emergency airport landing.
- Faith Tenkley, 23, told WZVN-TV that she was flying her family's twin-engine propeller plane to pick up her parents in the Bahamas when the problems developed Saturday morning, about 15 miles west of Boca Raton.
- Tenkley, who's been a licensed pilot for four years, said she initially hoped to land at Boca Raton Airport but was thwarted by broken landing gear, forcing her to dodge buildings and paddleboarde
Sources: The Independent