A 911 caller reported seeing a plane crash into the Banana River just south of the causeway, according to police scanner traffic.
Jacobs said a sheriff's office helicopter scanned the river using a thermal-imaging camera. Land-bound deputies also looked in vain, and the U.S. Coast Guard, Brevard County Fire Rescue, Patrick Air Force Base and Satellite Beach police were notified.
"Nothing was ever found, which leads me to believe that they didn't see what they believed they saw," Jacobs said of people who reported the flying object.
News 6 partner Florida Today reported that Coast Guard personnel determined that one witness who was driving by saw a sailboat operator lowering its sail — and mistook the movement for a plane falling from the sky, Petty Officer Steve Lehman said Friday morning. The Coast Guard conducted phone interviews, but did not send people to the scene, Lehman said.
Joe Zayas, a Rockledge retired aerospace worker, said he called Rockledge police and the Coast Guard after he spotted "a bright light falling out of the sky" near dusk. He lives near Lowe's at Fiske and Barnes boulevards, and he was eating Thanksgiving dinner on his outdoor patio looking toward the east.
"It looked to me like an object on fire. Whatever it was, it was falling on fire," Zayas recalled Friday morning. "It was heading at a slight angle towards the Pineda.
"All I know is, it took my breath away because I thought, 'That could be a plane. That could be an act of terrorism.'" he said.
Zayas said he watched the object for about two seconds before it disappeared beyond the treetops, and it left no smoke trail.
Source: http://www.clickorlando.com
Update, 6:40 p.m.:
Several Brevard County agencies have called off the search for a possible crashed plane after no evidence was found in the Banana River.
Agencies searched with a helicopter and boats, but were unable to find anything.
The Coast Guard will still search the scene as a precaution.
Brevard County Sheriff's Office deputies said they would not know if there was a plane crash until they finish searching the river.
6:08 p.m.:
Emergency personnel are investigating reports of a possible plane crash in the Banana River.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Brevard County Fire Rescue, Satellite Beach police and U.S. Coast Guard have all been notified of the possible crash.
A 911 caller reported seeing a plane crash into the Banana River just south of the Pineda Causeway, according to police scanner traffic.
Patrick Air Force Base officials have also been notified.
A Brevard County Sheriff's Office helicopter with thermal imaging is searching the water.
FLORIDA TODAY journalists are at the scene and investigating.
- Source: http://www.floridatoday.com
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