Cubans from crashed plane coming ashore

Survivors were being ferried from the Chios Dream to the Coast Guard cutter Nantucket on Wednesday

From CNN's Susan Candiotti

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Eight survivors of a crashed Cuban plane were being transferred Wednesday evening to a U.S. Coast Guard cutter from the ship they've been on since Tuesday, and will be brought to Key West, Coast Guard officials said.

The transfer began shortly after 8 p.m. The survivors -- five adults and three children -- were being ferried on inflatable boats from the Panamanian-registered Chios Dream to the Coast Guard cutter Nantucket and are expected to arrive at the Coast Guard base in Key West, Florida, around 10 p.m., Lt. Cmdr. Ron LaBreck said.

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He said the eight survivors will be turned over to medical personnel, and are expected to be taken to the Lower Keys Medical Center, where another survivor, Rodolfo Fuentes, was being treated for a concussion and other injuries.

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