<p>A small plane has crashed into the sea off Venezuela's coast, leaving one person dead and five survivors who were rescued and brought to shore.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The twin-engine Beechcraft BE-58 went down east of the coastal city of Cumana in the Gulf of Cariaco yesterday, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said.<br /><br />Reverol said the pilot had declared an emergency due to the failure of both engines and put the plane down in the water.<br /><br />After the crash, rescue workers and fishermen helped the survivors to shore, the Minister said on state television.<br /><br />A 62-year-old woman died in the accident, the country's civil aviation agency said in a statement.<br /><br />The five survivors, including a boy and the pilot, were brought ashore in boats and treated at a hospital, said Gen. Francisco Paz Fleitas, president of the National Civil Aviation Institute.<br /><br />The plane had been flying from Puerto Ordaz to Venezuela's Margarita Island when it went down.</p>
<p>A small plane has crashed into the sea off Venezuela's coast, leaving one person dead and five survivors who were rescued and brought to shore.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The twin-engine Beechcraft BE-58 went down east of the coastal city of Cumana in the Gulf of Cariaco yesterday, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said.<br /><br />Reverol said the pilot had declared an emergency due to the failure of both engines and put the plane down in the water.<br /><br />After the crash, rescue workers and fishermen helped the survivors to shore, the Minister said on state television.<br /><br />A 62-year-old woman died in the accident, the country's civil aviation agency said in a statement.<br /><br />The five survivors, including a boy and the pilot, were brought ashore in boats and treated at a hospital, said Gen. Francisco Paz Fleitas, president of the National Civil Aviation Institute.<br /><br />The plane had been flying from Puerto Ordaz to Venezuela's Margarita Island when it went down.</p>