A small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Lantana Beach on Saturday morning, going down near 250 South Ocean Boulevard as emergency crews rushed to the shoreline. Authorities said no injuries were reported, a relatively fortunate outcome for a water landing along one of Palm Beach County’s busiest stretches of oceanfront.
The crash occurred near 250 South Ocean Boulevard in Lantana, Florida, according to authorities cited by WPTV, which first reported the incident as a developing story Saturday. Emergency personnel were on scene near the crash site, and authorities asked the public to avoid the immediate area while the response continued. BocaNewsNow similarly reported that emergency personnel responded to the scene and confirmed no injuries in the initial aftermath.
Boca Raton Police said they were assisting with the response and advised the public to avoid the beach and ocean area while crews operated offshore, according to the department’s own account of the coordination between local police and county fire rescue personnel at the water landing site.
A Crash Site Steps From a Busy General Aviation Airport
The address where the plane went down sits adjacent to Lantana Municipal Beach and less than two miles east of Palm Beach County Park Airport, according to property records reviewed by Premier Estate Properties. That airport, commonly known as Lantana Airport or LNA, is a public, county-owned reliever airport located six miles south of Palm Beach International Airport. It has three asphalt runways but no active air traffic control tower, meaning pilots coordinate takeoffs and landings themselves using a shared radio frequency, per the Palm Beach County Department of Airports…