Emergency plane landing kills 2 on Portuguese beach

Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A small plane made an emergency landing on a crowded beach in Portugal on Wednesday, killing two sunbathers, maritime authorities said.

The plane landed on a beach in Caparica, 20 miles south of Lisbon, killing an 8-year-old girl and a 50-year-old man on the beach.

The two occupants of the aircraft were uninjured, the Portuguese maritime authority said.

Maritime police, rescue swimmers and emergency medical vehicles responded to the scene.