Two individuals were rescued on Sunday after their single-engine plane crashed and sank into the Hudson River just outside Yonkers, N.Y.

The small plane was reportedly occupied by a man and a woman, who were said to be on a sightseeing trek prior to crashing into the icy cold waters at roughly 5:20 p.m.

Yonkers Police Lt. Phil Collins stated that the two were wearing life vests and were able to effectively exit the plane before it started to submerge, according to ABC News.

The couple were pulled from the Hudson within half an hour of the crash and transported to Jacobi Medical Center. They were both treated for hypothermia and are now reportedly in stable condition, according to Lt. Toni Scherer of the Empress Ambulance Service.

Spokesperson of the Federal Aviation Administration Kathleen Bergen described the aircraft as a Piper PA-32. She stated that the pilot told the local authorities that the plane took off from the Trenton-Robbinsville Airport in Robbinsville, N.J. and was flying under visual flight regulations and not receiving any air traffic control services.

"Thank God we got there quick enough. It's what we do for a living, and I'm just glad we were in the right place at the right time," Daniel Higgins Sr., an off-duty police officer who drove the boat along with his 12-year-old son to help in the rescue told the news site.

While the names of the two people on the plane have yet to be released, the airplane was registered to a Dominick Liparti, who is from Manalapan, N.J., according to FAA records.

A man who answered the telephone at Liparti's home told The Associated Press that the plane was his son's and it had been sold to somebody else. However, he wouldn't name the buyer.

The reason for the crash is currently under investigation.

In 2009, Capt. Chelsey Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in New York after hitting a flock of geese. There were 155 people on board that all survived.

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