One dead after helicopter crashes into Miami's Biscayne Bay days after Learjet slammed into road in nearby Palm Beach

A person has died and two others injured after a helicopter crashed into Miami's Biscayne Bay. Emergency teams responded to the water off Key Biscayne on Wednesday morning after reports of a helicopter crashing into the water. According to the US Coast Guard, one person died in the crash while two others have been taken to hospital. Aerial footage captured at the scene by local outlets showed officials standing near a yellow tarp covering what appeared to be a body. In another, a man can be seen laying on a stretcher and being taken away from the scene by authorities. Other images show flotation devices in the waters following the crash, which officials said happened just after 11am. While authorities have yet to confirm the exact flight number for the helicopter, FlightAware data shows the same model of helicopter rapidly dropping altitude over the bay at the same time as the crash. That helicopter had left from North Perry Airport at 10:48 and was over the bay when it recorded the altitude drop. Local news reports say that two men were rushed to hospital while a third person has died The Federal Aviation Administration said that the aircraft was a Robinson R44 helicopter and that three people were onboard A man involved in the incident is seen here being taken away from the scene on a stretcherIn a statement to the Daily Mail, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the aircraft was a Robinson R44 helicopter and that three people were onboard. According to the government body, the aircraft went down at 11.15am with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board set to investigate. They said: 'A Robinson R44 helicopter crashed in the water east of Miami Executive Airport in Florida around 11:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Nov. 4. 'Three people were on board. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will lead the investigation and provide all updates.'Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said in a statement: 'A total of three patients were reported. Two adult trauma alert patients were transported by ground rescue units from the City of Miami Fire Rescue and Key Biscayne Fire Rescue to a designated landing zone, where MDFR Air Rescue transported them to the main trauma center.'The Coast Guard said: 'U.S. Coast Guard Southeast, partner agencies responded to a helicopter crash, Wed, on Biscayne Bay at approx. 11:30 a.m. '3 people were on the aircraft. 1 person is reported deceased & 2 people were transported by EMS to a higher level of care.'The NTSB said: 'NTSB investigating the Nov. 4 crash of a Robinson R44 II helicopter near Key Biscayne, Florida.' The latest crash comes just days after a Learjet 60 nose-dived to the ground in West Palm Beach, north of Miami, on Sunday and killed all nine people onboard. The jet was being piloted by Jeff Gregory, 55, and his copilot, Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, at the time of the fatal collision. Tech tycoon Adam Robinson, 45, and his ceramicist wife Helen Sharp, 40, were aboard the jet with their children, Emma, four, and Charlie, twoRobinson's friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, and the children's nanny, Anita Maria Cetina, were also on the flightThe jet was piloted by Jeff Gregory, 55, and his copilot, Nathalia Filgueiras, 20. Tech tycoon Adam Robinson, 45, and his ceramicist wife Helen Sharp, 40, were aboard the jet with their children, Emma, four, and Charlie, two, when it tumbled out of the sky at 20,000 feet per minute on Sunday afternoon.The family of four was traveling from their home in Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas for Robinson's birthday when the tragedy occurred.Robinson's friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, and the children's nanny, Anita Maria Cetina, were also on the flight.Before the crash, Gregory's co-pilot told air traffic controllers that ice was accumulating on the plane and that severe turbulence had thrown it up and down by more than 700 feet.Filgueiras was describing how the aircraft had banked 60 degrees, meaning it was flying sideways, and she was noting the altitude changes.'We're going to die!' she said with a scream before the jet slammed into the ground and erupted in a fireball, her final radio transmissions to air traffic control revealed.As the plane plunged, Gregory, described by friends as a devout Christian, could be heard reciting the Lord's Prayer in the background.