Overview
- The Beechcraft King Air left Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport around 10:14 a.m. and crashed minutes later into a retention pond in the Windsor Bay neighborhood of Coral Springs.
- The aircraft was transporting humanitarian supplies for Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa as part of a Broward County relief effort.
- Responders traced a debris trail into the water and deployed divers, who initially found no victims before the operation transitioned to recovery.
- Police cordoned the area and cautioned nearby residents about lingering fuel vapors, reporting no injuries on the ground and only minor damage to fences and vegetation.
- The FAA and NTSB are investigating with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the cause has not been determined, and reports differ on fatalities with some outlets citing two deaths and a ministry naming the victims.