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Flamingo Air Cessna 402 Crashes Near North Andros, Killing 10 as Government Grounds Flights

A Flamingo Air Cessna 402 registered C6-FLX crashes near North Andros after departing Lynden Pindling International Airport, killing all 10 people on board and leaving one occupant who initially survived but later dies of injuries.The Bahamas government grounds Flamingo Air operations and the aviation ministry suspends the carrier's operator certificate while the Bahamas Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority opens an inquiry and investigators collect wreckage, maintenance logs and crew records.The flight manifest lists members of the Da Pond Band among the dead, Flamingo Air says it is cooperating, and Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis calls for national mourning as officials review maintenance, crew reports and flight-data recordings.
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