{"id":928481,"date":"2026-07-11T19:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/928481\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:50:16","slug":"victims-of-plane-crash-in-the-bahamas-include-musicians-and-a-dj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/928481\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of plane crash in the Bahamas include musicians and a DJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) \u2014 Musicians and a DJ are among the dead in a plane crash in the Bahamas<\/a> that killed 10, the Bahamas Musicians and Entertainers Union said Saturday, a day after the deadly incident<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The crash prompted the government to temporarily ground Flamingo Air flights. It happened in North Andros, located in waters just west of Nassau, the archipelago\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong the dearly departed are some of the talented and vibrant members of our entertainment community, including members of The Pond Band and a DJ,\u201d the union said in a statement on X. <\/p>\n

\u201c(Their) passion, dedication, and artistry touched so many lives and helped to enrich the cultural fabric of The Bahamas,\u201d the union added.<\/p>\n

The plane had departed Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau and was headed to San Andros when it crashed, according to the Bahamian Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Aviation said in a statement that the suspension of Flamingo Air\u2019s air operator certificate was only a precautionary safety measure as officials investigate the cause of the crash. The ministry said the suspension is a result of two safety incidents that happened Friday.<\/p>\n

During the press conference, Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis said the first incident earlier Friday involved a Flamingo Air plane. She said it was en route to Mayaguana when the pilot reported a concern and turned back to Nassau. After the plane landed and the passengers deboarded, the plane caught fire, she said. That incident also is under investigation.<\/p>\n

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Follow AP\u2019s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) \u2014 Musicians and a DJ are among the dead in a plane crash…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":535580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[2696,88678,435,4216,57,32136,50,518,103,107],"class_list":["post-928481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-accidents","tag-bahamas","tag-celebrity","tag-fires","tag-general-news","tag-nassau","tag-news","tag-plane-crashes","tag-world","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116903085803083345","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}