THE leader of Bahamas Faith Ministries, Dr Myles Munroe, and his wife
Ruth have been killed in a plane crash in Grand Bahama. The crash took
place this afternoon and killed all nine people on board the private
jet. The plane reportedly struck a crane at the Grand Bahama Ship Yard,
exploding on impact and crashing into the ground near a junkyard area.
The Department of Civil Aviation reported that the plane was a Lear 36
executive jet which departed the Lynden Pindling International Airport
(LPIA) for the Grand Bahama International Airport. Continue...
The plane left LPIA at 4.07pm with nine people on
board and crashed while making an approach for landing at Grand Bahama
International Airport at 5.10pm, the Department of Civil Aviation said.
This satellite image shows inclement weather over Freeport on Sunday. A
police on source on the island previously said two were feared dead.
However, police sources later confirmed that all those on board had been
killed. The police source also said it was believed the group was
heading to a conference hosted by Pastor Munroe.The identities of the
other people on board have not yet been confirmed. The statement said
while the department was advised of fatalities, it was awaiting
confirmation from police on if there were any survivors. The Grand
Bahama Airport Company Crash Fire Rescue Department responded to the
incident, and the Police and Bahamas Air Sea Rescue (BASRA) are
presently on the scene. The department said a full scale investigation
will start tomorrow morning at daylight, which will include the
Department of Civil Aviation Aircraft Accident Investigation Prevention
Unit. May the souls of pastor Myles & his wife Ruth Munroe and the
other persons that died in this plane crash rest in perfect peace. Amen.
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