Miami, Nov 10 (EFE). - A plane carrying aid for victims of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean crashed this Monday in a residential area of Florida after departing from Fort Lauderdale airport, north of Miami, where US authorities are still searching for victims or survivors. The turboprop aircraft, of small size with an unknown number of crew, crashed in the city of Coral Springs, in the metropolitan area of Fort Lauderdale, where the Fire Department responded at 10:19 local time (14:19 GMT), according to the City Council in the latest report on the incident. "So far, the scene is still active. At the time of this report, no home has suffered major damage," the report stated. Authorities explained to local television stations that the plane took off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport with supplies for those affected in Jamaica by Melissa, the most powerful hurricane of the current Atlantic season, which made landfall on the Caribbean island on October 28 as a Category 5. Hurricane Melissa, the third most intense ever recorded in the Atlantic, left more than 80 dead in Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Panama, as well as more than 3.5 million displaced people in Cuba, which prompted a community response from Florida residents, who are home to the diaspora of these countries. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are cooperating in the investigation of the incident in Coral Springs. A plane with aid for victims of Hurricane Melissa crashes in a Florida neighborhood. We are confirming that a plane crash occurred at this location and there is an unknown number of victims at this time.
