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Three people were pulled from the water after a float plane crashed near Sechelt on Tuesday afternoon.

The crash occurred in the waters near Davis Bay.

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B.C. Emergency Health Services received a call from the Canadian Coast Guard at 12:48 p.m. and dispatched three groundcrew paramedics to the scene.

The Transportation Safety Board says the privately owned Dehavilland Beaver was carrying a pilot and two passengers from Vancouver to Pender Harbour when it experienced an engine power loss.

The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing into the water, three nautical miles south of Sechelt.

Sunshine RCMP Const. Karen Whitby says a tugboat was near the crash scene, dropped its load and was able to rescue the three aboard the float plane.

A coast guard hovercraft carried the three people passengers back to shore.

Emergency services say they were all taken to hospital with minor injuries.