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Published January 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

Cirrus chute helps save pilot, daughter


A doctor and his adult daughter were safe Saturday after the doctor piloting his Cirrus SR22 single-engine prop plane landed in the ocean near the Bahamas. The successful deployment of the plane’s parachute and the pilot’s quick thinking are credited for the safe landing. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
Read the article: Pilot, daughter describe their surreal descent into ocean in Cirrus plane