Overview
- A Flamingo Air Cessna 402 (registration C6‑FLX) departed Lynden Pindling International Airport for San Andros and crashed into brush near the San Andros aerodrome on Friday, leaving ten people dead after an initial survivor later died of injuries.
- Hours earlier a separate Flamingo Air flight to Mayaguana returned to Nassau after a pilot reported a problem, was evacuated, and then caught fire on the ground with no injuries reported.
- The Bahamian government ordered a preventive temporary suspension of Flamingo Air’s operator certificate while investigators from the Bahamas Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA), the Royal Bahamas Police and airport authorities examine both incidents.
- Officials have not released victims’ names and say they will withhold identities until next of kin are notified; no probable cause or technical findings have been announced.
- Small inter‑island carriers like Flamingo Air use light twin‑engine planes such as the Cessna 402 for domestic hops, and the twin same‑day incidents have raised immediate scrutiny of safety oversight and the route network that many residents rely on.