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.