2 people rescued after small plane goes into water off coast of Branford, Conn.

BRANFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people after a small plane went down into the Long Island Sound off the coast of Branford Sunday.

According to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) spokesperson, a Piper PA-32 aircraft, with a registration number of N2242Z, was heading from Bridgeport-Sikorsky Airport (BDR) to an unspecified destination, with two people on board.

At 10:24 a.m., the pilot of the plane declared an emergency to New York Air Traffic Control.

The plane, which was eight miles away from HVN at the time, was redirected to the airport for an emergency landing, the spokesperson said.

The aircraft was shortly after reported down in Long Island Sound off the coast of Branford, the spokesperson said.

The Coast Guard Station in New Haven sent a 45-foot small boat after