Internationally renowned preacher, Best selling author and General Overseer, Bahamas Faith Ministries International, Dr. Myles Munroe, his wife Mrs. Ruth Ann Munroe and other family members have died in a plane crash.

According to reports, a Lear 36 executive jet which departed the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in Nassau, Bahamas at 4:07PM for the Grand Bahama International Airport reportedly struck a crane at the Grand Bahama Ship Yard, exploding on impact and crashing into the ground near a junkyard area.

The crash killed all nine people on board the private jet. The cause of the crash hasn’t be determined and identities of the other people on board have not yet been confirmed.

Meanwhile, the crash occurred as people were gathering in Grand Bahama for Dr. Munroe’s 2014 Global Leadership Forum which starts today, November, 10, 2014.

Scheduled to speak at the forum include former mayor of Atlanta and former U.S Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young as well as Africa’s richest woman Mrs. Folorunso Alakija amongst others.

Until their shocking deaths, Dr. Munroe was the senior pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship and his wife, Ruth Ann, a co-senior pastor.

They were blessed with two children, Charisa (daughter) and son Chairo (Myles Jr.) Munroe.

May their souls find repose. Amen.