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Bahamas Information Services Updates
Aviation incident in Grand Bahama Confirmed
By Ministry of Transport and Aviation
Nov 9, 2014 - 7:55:15 PM


Nassau, The Bahamas - The Department of Civil Aviation has confirmed that a Lear 36 Executive Jet which departed Lynden Pindling International Airport for Grand Bahama International Airport at 4:07pm with nine souls on board, crashed while making an approach for landing at Grand Bahama International Airport at 5:10pm.  

The Department of Civil Aviation has been advised unofficially that the aircraft was destroyed and that there were no survivors. The Grand Bahama Airport Company Crash Fire Rescue Department responded to the incident, and the Police and Bahamas Air Sea Rescue (BASRA) are presently on the scene.

A full scale investigation will commence tomorrow morning at daylight, which will include the Department of Civil Aviation Aircraft Accident Investigation Prevention Unit.



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