The gospel song community is in mourning.

Three individuals of The Nelons, a Grammy-nominated family gospel community, died in a interior most airplane smash in Wyoming that claimed the lives of all seven other folks aboard July 26.

Singers Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, husband Jason Clark, and their daughter Amber Nelon Kistler, 35, were killed along with the latter's husband Nathan Kistler, 34, the Georgia-essentially essentially essentially based band's assistant, Melodi Hodges, plus the pilot, Larry Haynie, and his wife, Melissa Haynie, Gaither Management Crew said in a observation.

“One amongst the most classic beloved Gospel song families in The United States,” the firm said. “The Nelons were involved in a tragic, fatal airplane smash on Friday afternoon on their option to hitch the Gaither Homecoming Cruise to Alaska.”

Kelly and Jason's youngest daughter, fellow Nelons singer Autumn Nelon Streetman, 27, who had traveled one after the other to the cruise along along with her husband Jamie Streetman. Following the smash, Autumn, who is in the 2nd trimester of her being pregnant with the couple's first limited one, thanked fans for their attend.

“Thank you for the prayers which had been prolonged already to me, my husband, Jamie, and our quickly-to-be-born toddler boy, as correctly as Jason’s parents, Dan and Linda Clark,” she wrote on Instagram. “We cherish your continued prayers, adore and attend as we navigate the arrival days.”

The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 airplane had flown from Georgia to Nebraska City, Neb. the morning of July 26 and then took off again that afternoon, headed for one other live in Billings, Mont., in step with flight data purchased by E! Recordsdata.

WSB-TV in Atlanta reported that the Nationwide Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are each and each investigating the trigger of the smash, which came about in a a lot-off home north of Gillette, Wyo.

An NTSB spokesperson instructed British newspaper The Guardian that preliminary data indicated the accident took quandary following an “autopilot scenario for the length of flight.”

Hours sooner than the accident, the Nelons shared a slide vlog from a Nebraska airport on Instagram.

Autumn, the particular surviving member of the Nelons, and her husband were notified of the airplane smash upon their arrival at their vacation area, Gaither Management Crew said in their observation.

“They were brought to the resort where artists were gathered with Invoice and Gloria Gaither to wish, enlighten and embody them in their wretchedness,” the firm said in their observation, “pledging to attend them in whatever needs come up.”

The management community added that “Autumn and Jamie will return dwelling for now to Kelly's brother, Todd Nelon and his wife, Rhonda, to originate up the tense duties that lie ahead. Please protect them, the Kistler family, the Haynie family and the family of Melodi Hodges to your prayers.”

Rex Nelon, Kelly's gradual father, essentially based the band in the gradual '70s. The community, whose lineup has modified over the decades, became once nominated for a Grammy for Very most interesting Southern Gospel Album for Let The Redeemed Enlighten So in 1991. The Nelons were also identified for songs comparable to “I Shall Not Be Moved” and “We Shall Wear a Robe and Crown.”

Autumn, the particular surviving member of the Nelons, and her husband were notified of the airplane smash upon their arrival at their vacation area, Gaither Management Crew said in their observation.

“They were brought to the resort where artists were gathered with Invoice and Gloria Gaither to wish, enlighten and embody them in their wretchedness,” the firm said in their observation, “pledging to attend them in whatever needs come up.”

The management community added that “Autumn and Jamie will return dwelling for now to Kelly's brother, Todd Nelon and his wife, Rhonda, to originate up the tense duties that lie ahead. Please protect them, the Kistler family, the Haynie family and the family of Melodi Hodges to your prayers.”