NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI (WHDH) — An investigation is underway after a single-engine airplane crashed In Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island on Saturday with two people on board, officials said.

Emergency crews responded after a single-engine Pipe PA-24 crashed near Quonset State Airport around 3 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The two people who were on board were able to swim to a nearby buoy.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the cause of the crash.

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