Five people aboard a sinking vessel hundreds of miles off Cape Hatteras in North Carolina were rescued Thursday by the Coast Guard.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City rescued five individuals from a life raft after their sailboat, "Magic Bus," sinking offshore Cape Hatteras, N.C., Thursday. (Courtesy/Coast Guard)

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft dispatched from Elizabeth City located a sailing ship called “Magic Bus” that was taking on water roughly 260 nautical miles from Cape Hatteras. The vessel’s passengers, the Coast Guard reports, were abandoning ship into a life boat.

A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter coordinated with the USS George H.W. Bush for fuel support, given the distance of the mission, before arriving to site of the sinking.

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