Nine dead in small plane crash near Trump's Florida home
WASHINGTON: Nine people were killed Sunday when the Learjet they were traveling in plummeted into a neighbourhood in southern Florida, just miles from US President Donald Trump’s resort home of Mar-a-Lago, officials said.
Nine people tragically perished in a small plane crash near Donald Trump's Florida estate of Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, officials revealed. A Learjet 60, bound for the Bahamas, plummeted into the southern Florida neighborhood of Cresthaven, just 11 kilometers from the president's resort, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The crash site displayed a fiery aftermath as the aircraft struck the ground at high speed and ignited a large fireball, leaving a flaming crater.
The doomed plane had departed Austin, Texas, and was en route to the Bahamas. Trump was at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday and had left the nearby President Donald J Trump International Airport at 11.55am, approximately an hour before the Learjet's crash. Storms had been reported in the area, and Trump was seen carrying an umbrella while boarding Air Force One.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
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