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Aid Flight to Jamaica Crashes Into Coral Springs Pond Minutes After Takeoff

Officials ended water searches without finding victims.

Overview

  • The Beechcraft King Air left Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at about 10:14 a.m. and went down within minutes in a residential retention pond in Coral Springs.
  • Firefighters and police reached the scene around 10:19 a.m., conducted water searches, then shifted from rescue to recovery.
  • Federal aviation authorities are expected to lead the probe into what caused the crash.
  • The flight was carrying humanitarian supplies intended for communities in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa.
  • Reports on casualties conflict, with some accounts citing two fatalities as fire officials and AP report no victims found.