Business jet crashes into Florida neighbourhood, killing all nine aboard

Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 2 Nov, 20:50 · Archive

A Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed into a South Florida neighbourhood on Sunday, killing everyone on board.

A business jet carrying nine people crashed into a South Florida neighbourhood on Sunday afternoon, killing everyone on board. The Learjet 60 had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to the Bahamas when it nose-dived and erupted in a massive fireball near Military Trail and 10th Avenue North in Greenacres, about 7 miles southwest of West Palm Beach. The impact left a large fiery crater in the pavement. Video recorded by passersby captured the aircraft's rapid descent before it struck the ground and exploded. Governor Ron DeSantis said there were no immediate reports of anyone on the ground injured or killed, though authorities evacuated about 600 people from a nearby mobile home community. Resident Anthony Blackmon, who lives near the crash site, told local media: 'Debris was everywhere. Debris hit my house. Everything was on fire. The road was on fire.' He added he had never expected such an event to occur so close to his home.

National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said during a news conference on Monday that investigators found evidence the aircraft was breaking up before impact. Chapman stated: 'We may find parts of the aircraft some distance away from the actual impact site.' Aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti suggested that key components of the jet's tail may have been lost during the turbulence or the nose-dive, making the aircraft uncontrollable. The cause of the crash remained unclear, and authorities have not released the names of those who died.

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• Jet crashes into a South Florida neighborhood, killing all 9 on board and leaving a fiery craterFederal investigators are expected to provide an update on a fiery plane crash that killed all nine people on board in South Florida.Clickorlando · 2 Nov, 14:19
• Jet crashes into a South Florida neighborhood, killing all nine on board and leaving a fiery craterFederal investigators are expected to provide an update on a fiery plane crash that killed all nine people on board in South Florida.News4Jax · 2 Nov, 14:19
• Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireballA business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.Clickorlando · 1 Nov, 20:37
• Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireballA business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.News4Jax · 1 Nov, 20:37

In this story: Learjet 60 · Austin-Bergstrom International Airport · West Palm Beach · Palm Beach County · Greenacres · National Transportation Safety Board · Ron DeSantis · Anthony Blackmon

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