Disasters · Key Biscayne crashKey Biscayne helicopter crash: One killed, two rescued from the waterAired November 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM UTCThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A helicopter crashed into the water, killing one person and injuring two.0:12On November4, we reported emergency crews were heading to a possible helicopter0:17crash near Key Biscayne.0:18Two people have now been rescued from the water and transferred to a trauma center.0:23The Coast Guard says a third person died.0:25Investigators still have to determine what brought the helicopter down and whether0:30everyone aboard has been accounted for.0:32The helicopter went down near Nixon Beach, off Crandon Boulevard, southwest of Key0:37Biscayne.0:39Emergency crews reached a scene much more specific than the broad Biscayne Bay Area0:44where they were first sent.0:45The death changes the casualty picture.0:48The person who died was initially described as only believed dead.0:52The Coast Guard now says one person was killed, while the two people brought out of0:57the water survived with injuries.0:59Emergency crews reported three patients in all, including the two injured adults1:04rescued from the water.1:05Those adults needed trauma care.1:08Their current conditions and the severity of their injuries are still unknown.1:12The rescue effort involved crews on the water, ground rescue units, and an air1:17rescue team.1:19Divers also worked near the wreckage.1:21A Miami-Dade fire rescue boat was near the helicopter's yellow emergency floats, off1:26the twelve hundred block of Crandon Boulevard.1:29Divers were in the water nearby.1:32A yellow tarp later covered the person initially believed dead.1:35The two survivors made an actual ground-to-air transfer to the trauma center, City1:41of Miami Fire Rescue, and Key Biscayne Fire Rescue, ground units, took both1:47adults to a designated landing zone.1:49Miami Dade Fire Rescue Air Rescue then flew the two adult trauma alert patients from1:55that landing zone to the main trauma center.1:58Both had been flagged for urgent trauma care, but their diagnoses haven't been made2:03public.2:04The emergency happened late in the morning.2:06But the exact minute of impact is still unclear.2:09The Coast Guard puts the crash at about eleven thirty that morning.2:13Earlier timings ranged from shortly after eleven to just after eleven fifty.2:18That later time also appeared in descriptions of when a rescue boat and the floats2:23were spotted.2:24The emergency call or response was separately placed at eleven twenty-six.2:28A call time and an approximate crash time measure different things, so the precise2:33moment the helicopter hit the water hasn't been settled.2:36The aircraft's identity and flight details are still unknown.2:40Investigators also haven't said whether everyone aboard has been accounted for.2:44The three patient count alone doesn't settle how many people were on the helicopter.2:49The Miami Dade Sheriff's Office has taken over the investigation.2:53No cause of the crash has been released.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
