Prominent Pastor, Myles Munroe and Wife Killed in Plane Crash

Myles Munroe and Wife

Prominent  church minister and motivational speaker Myles Monroe is said to have died in a small plane crash along with his wife and several other people on Sunday night, November 9, 2014.

Dr. Munroe was the senior pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship, where his wife, Ruth Ann, served as co-senior pastor. They had two children, daughter, Charisa and son, Chairo (Myles Jr.) Munroe.

 

A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board, authorities said. The flight originated from Nassau, the capital, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, which said it will investigate.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

Inspector Terecita Pinder, of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, confirmed that all those on board died. Police have not released their identities.

According to former UN Ambassador Andrew Young, Myles and Ruth Munroe were among the victims.

“Ambassador Young expresses his deep sadness over the tragic death of his friends Dr. Myles and Mrs. Ruth Munroe. He offers condolences to the Munroe family and the families of the other souls who lost their lives as a result of this shocking plane crash,” the Andrew Young Foundation said in a statement.

Young is a scheduled speaker at a conference starting in Freeport on Monday.

Credit: CNN