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2 rescued after plane crashes into the Long Island Sound The Coast Guard and Branford Fire Department raced to the plane that’s submerging by the second. They say that timing was critical.
From exploding prototypes to shattered records, the F-8 Crusader’s rise to dominance was anything but ordinary. In 1955, Vought stunned the world by breaking the sound barrier on the very first ...
Two people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a plane went down in Long Island Sound near Branford on Sunday morning. New Haven Fire Department said the plane landed in the water six miles ...
The sound barrier is something many people have heard of, but few understand, as it's somewhat of a misnomer. The speed of sound is known as Mach 1 (767 mph), and when an object moves beyond this ...
Branford firefighters and the Coast Guard respond to a plane crash in the Long Island Sound, on Sunday, June 1, 2025, off the coast of Branford, Conn. (Branford Fire Department via AP) ...