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Two men rescued after light plane crashes into water off Queensland's Sunshine Coast - 9News

Two men have been rescued from a life raft after their light plane crashed into the water off the Sunshine Coast in Queensland sparking a major rescue operation.

Paramedics and two rescue helicopters were called after reports a Cessna light plane had lost an engine and the pilot was forced to do a controlled ditching into the sea about 30 nautical miles north-east of the Sunshine Coast at 9am.

Queensland Ambulance told 9news.com.au that paramedics in the rescue helicopters winched the two men, aged 59 and 51, who were in a life raft in the water, to safety.

Light plane crash in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
Emergency services after the rescue operation. (9News)

"That life raft was slowly being submerged by water, so we were able to lower down a rescue basket and singly extract both of those persons from the sea and into the aircraft," Queensland Ambulance Flight Critical Care Paramedic Mick O'Brien said.

The two men were uninjured but were taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for assessment.

"They were actually not too bad spirits. They were giving us the thumbs up and so on as we originally circled," O'Brien said.

It's understood the Cessna aircraft had left Caloundra Airport and was travelling to American Samoa.

O'Brien said the aircraft was full of fuel, so when the plane lost one of the engines it wasn't strong enough to maintain its height.

O'Brien said the men weren't thrown around the cabin when the plane landed in the water.

He added the pair were very happy to be alive and lucky to be uninjured.

"Super incredible. You don't generally get an aircraft accident where there are no injuries," he said.

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