Aviation

Overnight an airplane sank in Lake Disston near the Volusia-Flagler county line in central Florida when a plane attempted to land using its water floats when at least one of them did not respond properly and the plane began to sink, according to investigators on the scene of the incident.

Two people managed to swim to safety, the pilot and passenger, Allan and Kathrine Burrows of Port Orange.

Officials say they do not yet know what caused the sinking and they need to recover the plane before they can give more information.

There has been a plane crash in Punta Gorda, Florida overnight and officials do not know yet how it happened.

FAA officials are on the scene of the crash in which a single engine experimental plane being flown by 72-year-old Charles D. Williams.

William and two other men were on board the a plane when it crashed, all suffered injuries and were taken to the hospital.

The plane came down after it reportedly encountered engine problems.

Long lines have been reported at several TSA security checkpoints around the country as the effects of sequestration kick in.

We are already seeing the effects," Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano said, citing TSA lines that are “150 to 200 percent as long as we would normally expect.”

The TSA has denied overtime, effective immediately, and instituted a hiring freeze. Both have seen immediate affects as lines in some airports are nor 150%-200% longer than normal, with wait times surpassing 1 hour in some cases.

Orlando, Fla. -

As airlines cancelled flights and kept aircraft out of the New England area because of a strong winter storm and blizzard conditions, United and Delta have been moving aircraft into Orlando to wait out the storm. Today's high in Orlando was 80 and mostly sunny.

While many planes won't actually sit in Orlando the entire time of the winter storm, more planes will move through Orlando for extended stops and move traffic through Orlando in some cases.