The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people from the water after a small plane crashed Sunday into an island near Branford, Connecticut.

A Piper PA-32 carrying two people crashed into Long Island Sound, south of Tweed New Haven Airport , just before 10:30 a.m., after declaring an emergency while in communication with New York Air Traffic Control, according to statements from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and airport officials.

The aircraft was traveling from the Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Bridgeport to an unspecified destination, according to officials.

It was about eight miles from Tweed New Haven Airport when it was redirected there for an emergency landing.

The airport’s control tower and ground personnel “immediately activated” its emergency response protocols and noti

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