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Seaplane crashes in Peconic Bay

By Vera Chinese

U.S. COAST GUARD COURTESY PHOTO
A seaplane crashed Peconic Bay Thursday.

A seaplane crashed in the Peconic Bay Thursday afternoon. No serious injuries were reported.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the plane hit a rock while attempting to land just south of Robins Island just off North Sea in Southampton Town about 1:30 p.m. It is not clear where the plane was coming from or where it was supposed to land.
Coast Guard members arrived on the scene about 1:45 p.m. and helped the pilot, who was still inside the plane at the time, to shore. Three other passengers were already safely on the beach.
The plane was in about four feet of water, the Coast Guard said.
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Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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