Three people were saved in a 'heroic' nighttime rescue after a single-engine plane crashed off the coast of Florida over the weekend, officials said.

Three people have been rescued from the Atlantic Ocean in the dark after their plane went down several miles offshore off the coast of Florida, officials said.

Three people were dramatically rescued after a small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Vero Beach, Florida. The single-engine aircraft went down about four miles east of the Vero Beach Airport.