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Prominent Pastor Myles Munroe, Wife Killed in Bahamas Plane Crash

A private Lear 36 Executive aircraft crashed near Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport, Bahamas, on November 9.

The aircraft, which took off from Nassau with 9 people aboard, crashed at around 5 p.m. Authorities said that it struck a shipping container crane while it was trying to land in heavy rain.

According to Ministry of Transport and Aviation, “The Department of Civil Aviation has been advised unofficially that the aircraft was destroyed and that there were no survivors.”

The deceased include a prominent Bahamian pastor Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth.

The cause of accident remains under investigation.

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