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Best selling author, preacher and business coach, Myles Munroe, and his wife, Mrs. Ruth Ann Munroe (both pictured), have died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.
His daughter, Charisa, was also initially reported to be on the flight but the reports have now been denied.
According to The Associated Press, the plane, a Lear LEA 36 executive jet, reportedly struck a crane at the Grand Bahama Ship Yard, exploding on impact and crashing into the ground near a junkyard area.
The Bahamas ministry of transport and aviation reported that the Lear 36 executive jet departed the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in Nassau, Bahamas at 4:07pm for the Grand Bahama International Airport, a privately owned international airport in Freeport, Bahamas, with nine people on board.
The plane crashed while making an approach for landing at Grand Bahama International Airport at 5.10pm, it said. The crash killed all nine people on board the private jet.
The identities of the other people on board have not yet been confirmed.
The cause of the crash was not immediately determined, though there had been heavy rain across the region.
A full investigation is expected to begin on Monday.
The crash occurred as people were gathering in Grand Bahama for Dr. Munroe’s 2014 Global Leadership Forum which starts November 10.
Nigeria’s Folorunso Alakija, rated as Africa’s richest woman, was scheduled to speak at the forum.
Munro founded the Bahamas Faith Ministries International.
Read more at Forbes.com.
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