CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A small plane bound for Jamaica on a hurricane relief mission crashed into a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs on Monday morning.
Authorities told The Associated Press no victims were located during rescue efforts and said the search has now become a recovery effort that is being handled by local police.
Broward County, where the plane took off from and where the crash occurred, is home to a vibrant Caribbean American community that sprang into action to collect relief supplies following Hurricane Melissa. A fierce Category 5 hurricane, Melissa slammed into Jamaica late last month.
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