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July 13, 2026 / 5:35 PM EDT
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Surviving members of the beloved Bahamian musical group Da Pond Band are speaking out about their friends and bandmates who were killed when a small plane operated by Flamingo Air crashed in the Bahamas on Friday, killing all 10 people on board. Da Pond Band, known for their lively Caribbean music, and a popular DJ were all set to perform at an Independence Day celebration on Andros Island. A flight that typically takes under 20 minutes, the plane had left Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau and was en route to San Andros when it crashed in North Andros, the Bahamian Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority said. Earlier in the day, Shenia Roberts, a vocalist for Da Pond Band, had already arrived on Andros Island and was waiting for the rest of the band to arrive. Roberts said five members of their group were killed in the crash."They were the people that I talked to in the morning, in the night," Roberts told CBS News. "They were my friends, my confidants. And I was waiting on them."She said she flew in from Nassau on the same plane, flown by the same pilot, at around 7 a.m."You could tell it was an old plane," Roberts said. " But we didn't have any issues."Bahamian investigators are looking into what led to the crash. Flamingo Air suspended all flights after two emergency incidents happened on the same day. Earlier in the day, the airline had a separate plane catch fire after landing in Nassau, according to Bahamian officials. There were no casualties in that incident.
