NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A cockpit emergency over the waters of Long Island Sound ended with a pilot’s quick thinking this weekend. The pilot is credited with saving himself and his young passenger.

A privately owned small plane with two people onboard crashed about six miles off the coast of Branford around 10:30 a.m. – shortly after taking off from Bridgeport Sikorsky Airport, officials said.

A man and a teenage girl were rescued after their single-engine plane crashed into Long Island Sound south of Branford, Connecticut, around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation ...

The pilot of a small plane that was about to crash managed to land it safely in the cool, choppy waters of Long Island Sound off Connecticut and called 911 to provide his precise coordinates before ...