Small plane crashes in Bahamas, at least eight killed

Bahamas Defence Force personnel remove one of the bodies. Edward Russell, III/Nassau Guardian Newspaper

NASSAU, (Reuters) – A small plane crashed in a lake  in the Bahamas yesterday, killing at least eight people  shortly after takeoff from the international airport in the  capital Nassau, local authorities said.

An official at the Bahamas civil aviation authority said  the plane, a twin-prop Cessna 402, which can carry up to 10  people, came down in Nassau’s Lake Killarney just east of the  airport on New Providence Island after setting off on a flight  to another island in the southern Bahamas.

Bahamas Defence Force personnel remove one of the bodies. Edward Russell, III/Nassau Guardian Newspaper

The eight confirmed victims of the crash included one man  who died of his injuries after being taken to a local hospital,  police said.

They said an investigation was under way to determine the  cause of the accident.