Bahamas plane crash kills nine

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/bahamas-plane-crash-kills-nine-pastor-myles-monroe

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A private jet has struck a construction crane near Grand Bahama airport, killing all nine people aboard, including the leader of the Bahamas Faith Ministries, police and civil aviation officials have said.

Pastor Myles Munroe was crossing the island chain on Sunday from Lynden Pindling airport in Nassau to Grand Bahama, where authorities said he was due to host a church conference.

Munroe was accompanied by his wife, Ruth, as well as his Bahamas Faith Ministries deputy, Richard Pinder, another pastor and his family, sources said.

Authorities said the Lear jet exploded on impact with the crane at the Grand Bahama shipyard and plunged into a scrapyard as it was making its landing approach for Grand Bahama airport, roughly an hour after takeoff from the capital of the archipelago.

The Bahamas Faith Ministries has thousands of worshippers and has one of the largest religious congregations in the island chain; Munroe was a well-known author, leadership consultant and frequent visitor to Africa.

The civil aviation department said it would launch an investigation into the crash.