Pilot expected to be OK after Everglades crash

WEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- A pilot is recovering in the hospital after an ultralight plane went down in the Everglades Saturday.

The plane crashed into a canal on Tamiami Trail in west Miami-Dade.

Two people were on board at the time.

The conductor of an Airboat tour jumped into the water to save the pilot and passenger.

Rescue crews airlifted the pilot to a nearby hospital. He suffered some broken ribs, but is expected to be OK.

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