A passenger reportedly fell from a Piper PA-46 Thursday soon after departure from Tamiami Airport, but authorities could not immediately confirm the incident took place because they could not find a body. According to the FAA, the pilot told air traffic controllers that the passenger opened the backdoor and he just fell out the plane, Reuters reported. The aircraft was eight miles southeast of the airport at about 1:30 p.m. and an altitude of about 2,000 feet when the alleged incident took place. The pilot returned to the airport immediately after reporting the incident. The Coast Guard searched the Atlantic Ocean off Key Biscayne, where the man would have fallen, but found nothing before calling off the search, Thursday night.
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