9 Dead After Private Jet Crashes Into Florida Mobile Home Community
Nine people were killed when a Learjet 60 crashed into a Florida mobile home community while flying to the Bahamas.
A private jet crashed into a mobile home community in Palm Beach County, Florida on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of all nine people on board, according to authorities. The aircraft, which departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, came down near Military Trail, between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North.
The crash ignited a massive fireball, leaving a large crater in the pavement and causing significant destruction in the nearby mobile home neighborhood. The plane was descending rapidly, approximately 27,000 feet in one minute before the crash, according to flight-tracking data. The crash site is about four miles south of the West Palm Beach airport.
The cause of the rapid descent is currently unknown, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will lead the investigation, with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) providing support. President Donald Trump had been in West Palm Beach earlier that day but departed aboard Air Force One shortly before the crash.
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