Prominent Evangelical Pastor, Wife Among 9 Dead in Bahamas Jet Crash

A private Lear jet with nine passengers on board crashed on approach near Grand Bahama International Airport, killing everyone on the plane, including a prominent evangelical pastor and his wife.

“The Department of Civil Aviation has been advised unofficially that the aircraft was destroyed and that there were no survivors,” the Ministry of Transport and Aviation said in a statement to The Associated Press.

The Lear 36 Executive Jet had taken off from the Bahamian capital of Nassau and crashed about 5 p.m. local time today, as it was coming in for a landing at Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport.

Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth were killed in the crash, Kelley Jackson, a spokeswoman from the Andrew J. Young Foundation told ABC News.

“Ambassador Young expresses his deep sadness over the tragic death of his friends Dr. Myles and Mrs. Ruth Munroe,” the organization posted on its Facebook page tonight. “He offers condolences to the Munroe family and the families of the other souls who lost their lives as a result of this shocking plane crash.”

Munroe and his wife were on the way to the Global Leadership Forum, which was organized by Munroe and was scheduled for this week in Freeport.

A posting on Munroe’s Facebook page said the event would go on for two and a half days.

“This is what Dr. Munroe would have wanted. Please keep his family and the ministry in prayers,” the post said.

Rest in peace

The Sun