A Christian missionary father and his daughter were killed when a small plane crashed in a South Florida neighborhood. The flight was headed to Jamaica for a hurricane relief mission. Ministry organization Ignite the Fire identified the two victims of the Monday morning crash as the group’s founder, Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena Wurm, 22.
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More Details About Plane Crash
The Wrums were bringing humanitarian aid to Jamaica, according to the organization. All of a sudden, the Beechcraft King Air plane they were flying in crashed. It landed in a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs. The plane narrowly missed homes. As of Tuesday morning, investigators had not reported any other victims.
The turboprop plane went down shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport at approximately 10:14 a.m. on Monday, authorities said. Police and fire rescue responded to the crash site just five minutes later. The flight tracking website FlightAware shows the plane made four other trips to or from Jamaica in the past week. It traveled between George Town in the Cayman Islands and Montego Bay and Negril in Jamaica, before landing in Fort Lauderdale on Friday.
According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the plane was manufactured in 1976. Its registered owner is listed as International Air Services.
Alex Wrum Posted About Missionary Trips
In recent weeks, Alexander Wurm had helped deliver medical supplies, water filters and StarLink satellite internet equipment to Jamaica. He was working with the relief organization Crisis Response International, according to a video statement the group posted online…