Dr. Myles Munroe, internationally renowned preacher, author, motivational speaker, teacher and business coach, died in a plane crash at the age of 60. All nine passengers in the accident were killed, including Munroe’s wife and co-pastor Ruth Ann Munroe.

“The Department of Civil Aviation has been advised unofficially that the aircraft was destroyed and that there were no survivors,” read a statement from the Ministry of Transport and Aviation.

While the cause of the crash is still unknown, the plane was transporting the passengers to this week’s Global Leadership Forum, which was organized by Myles Munroe. The small Lear 36 Executive Jet crashed while attempting to land at Grand Bahama International Airport after departing from the Bahamian capital Nassau.

Andrew Young, a former United Nations United States Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta who was scheduled to speak at the Global Leadership Forum released a statement expressing his deep sadness over the tragic deaths of his friends and the other passengers on the plane and offered his condolences to the surviving families. The Myles Munroe International Facebook page released a statement reassuring that the event will continue for two and a half days.

https://www.facebook.com/MylesMunroe1/posts/10203237829762901

Munroe was the president and founder of the successful Bahamas Faith Ministries International and Myles Munroe International. He is the author of 69 published books in his lifetime and was placed on the 1998 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

The Munroes are survived by their two children, son Myles, Jr. and daughter Charisa.