A spokesperson for one of the local airports explained that the aircraft, a Beechcraft King Air with two turboprop engines, took off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at 10:14 a.m., before crashing a few minutes later into an artificial pond in a Coral Springs neighborhood.
It is worth noting that Hurricane Melissa, classified as a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, hit Jamaica in late October, causing widespread flooding and severe infrastructure damage, in addition to the death of 28 people, according to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
The hurricane’s impact also extended to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and several small Caribbean islands.
