Private jet carrying 9 crashes into Florida roadside, erupting in a massive fireball
A plane carrying nine people nosedived into a South Florida neighbourhood on Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway, creating a giant fiery crater in the pavement. It was not immediately known if anyone on the Learjet 60 or on the ground in the Palm Beach County neighbourhood was injured or killed. The aircraft had departed…
On Sunday, a Learjet carrying nine individuals crashed into a residential area in southern Florida, near the presidential resort of Mar-a-Lago, according to officials. The aircraft, a Learjet 60, departed from Austin, Texas, and was en route to the Bahamas. Video footage shared on social media depicted the plane plummeting vertically at high speed, exploding in a massive fireball upon impact, leaving a flaming crater near a busy roadside.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated that all nine people on board were killed in the horrific tragedy. The plane had been scheduled to reach the Bahamas, and it had been reported that storms had been occurring in the area at the time of the crash. President Donald Trump, who had been at Mar-a-Lago and departed from the nearby President Donald J Trump International Airport shortly before, was unaware of the incident during his travel.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board pledged to investigate the cause of the crash.
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