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A Venice-based missionary aviation group is receiving an overwhelming wave of support following the crash of one of its planes in the mountainous region of Haiti. The crash is feared to have resulted in the loss of all passengers onboard, as confirmed by the organization’s CEO.
Allen Speers, CEO of Agape Flights, shared the tragic news via a video message on Facebook this past Friday, revealing that the team lost communication with the aircraft shortly after it departed the previous day.
“This is a day we never thought we would face, delivering such heartbreaking news,” Speers expressed in the video.
The disappearance of the plane was reported on Thursday afternoon.
“On the afternoon of February 5th, 2026, our aircraft, identified as N316 Alpha Foxtrot, an Embraer 110, vanished from radar near Jérémie, Haiti,” Speers explained.
After an extensive overnight search into Friday morning, the plane was located in the mountainous region of Haiti. Speers said the outcome was devastating.
“We do not believe that there were any survivors,” he said.
Agape Flights is a nonprofit Christian aviation ministry that delivers supplies and humanitarian aid to communities across the Caribbean and Latin America, particularly after natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
Several organizations across the United States say they have partnered with Agape Flights over the years to support relief efforts.
Georgia-based MTN2SEA Ministries worked with Agape Flights to deliver generators and food to Haiti following the 2021 earthquakes and again last year to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa.
Agape flights have made it possible for our little ministry to serve 1000’s in need.
First time, by flying food and several generators in their plane to Haiti after the 2021 earthquake. He sent me videos from on the ground showing me that the supplies indeed got to the places they were supposed to. I posted them as well.
The second time, flying supplies into Jamaica after the 2025 Hurricane to help hospitals, clinics, police stations, orphanages, and ministries on the ground helping. Because of Agape Flights we were able to help 1000’s in Jamaica by providing 94 generators, food, tents, water filtration, solar lights, etc.
This disaster their plane was not big enough. So, they organized, and paid for, a large cargo jet to carry our supplies. CEO Allen Spears used his contacts with a Miami air freight company and had our supplies in Jamaica on one of the very first flights in as soon as the airport opened.
Agape Flights has years of experience and multitudes of contacts in shipping goods to struggling areas in the Caribbean. Agape made it possible for our supplies to be on the ground in use when most orgs were still desperately trying to get into the country.
Their efforts are still being felt today in Jamaica. We received a video last week of a clinic that is using one of the generators to run since they don’t have power still.”
— Charles Robbins, Mtn2Sea Ministries
Virginia-based Mercy Chefs also partnered with Agape Flights to send meals to Jamaica, Central America and South America.
The Mercy Chefs family is heartbroken by the tragic loss of life following the recent aircraft crash involving Agape Flights, a valued partner and a remarkable organization devoted to serving others.
We have had the privilege of working alongside Agape Flights in shared mission efforts, and we are deeply grateful for their heart for service and the countless lives they have touched through their work. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims’ families, loved ones, and the entire Agape Flights team during this unimaginably difficult time.
We join in mourning this loss and pray for God’s comfort, peace, and strength to surround all who are grieving.”
— Chef Gary and Ann LeBlanc, Co-Founders of Mercy Chefs
In his message, Speers emphasized the organization’s faith and mission amid the loss.
“In moments like these, we hold tightly to who we are and what we believe. Our core beliefs remain our anchor,” he said.
Speers said Agape Flights will not release the names of the victims at this time. The nonprofit also does not yet know what caused the aircraft to disappear from radar and crash.