A full investigation is underway into the tragic Lear jet crash that killed Pastor Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth yesterday. The airplane carried the couple and seven other passengers, and all died on impact. The plane was approaching Grand Bahama International Airport.
The group was headed to the Bahamas to attend a Global Leadership Forum arranged by Munroe. Although he will no longer be in attendance, a statement on his Facebook page says the event will continue as scheduled. “This is what Dr. Munroe would have wanted,” the post says. “Please keep his family and the ministry in prayers.”
Munroe, 60, was the founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship, a pastor, and motivational speaker. Ruth served as his co-senior pastor.
The Andrew J. Young Foundation expressed their condolences for the couple by posting the following statement to its Facebook page: “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 cause of the crash remains unknown, but a representative of the Bahamas Air accident investigation and prevention unit has confirmed the incident to ABC News, but has not revealed the names of victims.
The President William M. Wilson of Oral Roberts University, where Munroe was a student said, “His energy and enthusiasm for imparting Spirit Empowered Christianity to new generations was contagious.”
[Image: Bahamas Press]