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Two Killed as Jamaica Relief Flight Crashes Into Coral Springs Pond Minutes After Takeoff

The flight was carrying Hurricane Melissa aid from Fort Lauderdale to Montego Bay.

Overview

  • The Beechcraft King Air B100 departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport around 10:14 a.m. and crashed about five minutes later into a retention pond in Coral Springs' Windsor Bay neighborhood after clipping trees and a fence.
  • Coral Springs Police confirmed two fatalities, and Ignite the Fire Ministry later identified the victims as Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena Wurm, 22.
  • Dive teams found no survivors during initial searches, and authorities shifted from rescue to a recovery operation with a sustained police presence at the secured site.
  • No one on the ground was injured and no homes sustained major damage, though debris was scattered and residents were advised to stay indoors because of lingering fuel odor.
  • The NTSB and FAA opened an investigation into the 1976 aircraft registered to International Air Services, with the cause undetermined and recent flight-tracking showing trips between South Florida and Jamaica.