The pilot told air traffic controllers in the Washington area that the airplane had 14 people on board. Mullin said the single-engine landing went smoothly.
"The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine," Mullin posted on X. "No panic, just straight professionalism. After we landed, the pilots told me that was a first for them! We could not have been in better hands."
The plane's pilot reported the loss of an engine to air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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