Overview
- A Flamingo Air Cessna 402 (registration C6-FLX) left Nassau and crashed near San Andros about 18 minutes after takeoff on Friday, July 10, according to flight records and Bahamian authorities.
- All 10 people on board ultimately died after an initial report of a survivor; authorities confirmed the sole survivor later succumbed to injuries.
- Five core members of Da Pond Band and radio DJ Melvin “DJ Fresh” Henfield were among those publicly identified as victims.
- The Civil Aviation Authority temporarily suspended Flamingo Air’s Air Operator Certificate after the fatal crash and a separate same-day Flamingo Air plane that returned to Nassau and caught fire without injuries.
- Survivor accounts and messaging exchanges say the pilot delayed departure to "fill up" the aircraft and that a chartered flight may have taken extra passengers, raising questions about small‑plane operating practices and oversight for frequent island hops.