Music group "still shocked" after bandmates killed in small plane crash
Surviving members of the beloved Bahamian musical group Da Pond Band are speaking out about their friends who were killed when a small plane crashed in the Bahamas on Friday, killing 10 people.
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."