ANASTASIA STATE PARK

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the November crash of a small plane into the surf at Anastasia Island.

Miraculously, no one was injured when a small plane surveying damage from Nicole made an emergency landing late Monday morning at Anastasia State Park’s beach and then flipped, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

ANASTASIA ISLAND, Fla. – A right whale calf washed up Saturday on the shore of Anastasia State Park beach. Crews were studying the right whale calf and prepared to move it off the beach out of the tide zone. “It’s like putting a red light at an intersection or a speed zone at a school zone,” Hain said. If you see a right whale, you are encouraged to call 877-WHALE HELP. And legally, boats must stay 500 yards from any right whale they spot.

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