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2 men killed in Moriches Inlet plane crash

Divers are working to free two people trapped

Divers are working to free two people trapped in sunken aircraft, federal authorities said. The passengers of the Globe Swift plane are presumed dead in the 3 p.m. crash. News 12 Video (Oct. 20, 2012) (October 20, 2012 9:26 PM)

Searchers late Saturday night recovered the bodies of two men from the cockpit of a single-engine plane that had sputtered and plunged to the bottom of Moriches Inlet hours earlier, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The aircraft, which had been upside down on a jetty under as much as 30 feet of water, was also retrieved.

The salvage happened at about 11 p.m., said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman...

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