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Learjet 60 crash in Palm Beach kills all nine aboard

A Learjet 60 crashed in a residential area near Cresthaven in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday, killing all nine people aboard. The crash happened at about 12:50 p.m. local time. No one on the ground was hurt.

The jet had departed Austin, Texas, and was headed to the Bahamas. The Federal Aviation Administration identified the aircraft as a Learjet 60, a mid-size business jet built by Bombardier. It came down about nine miles from Mar-a-Lago, in the West Palm Beach area.

Fire and wreckage spread across a multi-lane road, where the impact left a large crater. The crash brought a business aircraft into a neighbourhood rather than an airport, and debris fell among homes and streets. The nine deaths were all aboard the jet; the available details do not name the passengers.

Air traffic control audio recorded shortly before impact captured a crew member describing moderate turbulence and saying the crew was managing ice. The voice reported that the aircraft was picking up precipitation and said it needed to climb.

Moments later, the crew member reported a rapid descent, first describing a rate of 10,000 feet per minute. The pilot then declared an emergency, saying the plane was in an overspeed condition and descending at 20,000 feet per minute. The final recorded cockpit remark was, “we’re out of time.”

Flight analysis indicated that the jet was dropping hundreds of feet per second before it hit the ground. The audio and flight information point to severe trouble in the aircraft’s final moments, but do not by themselves establish what caused the crash. No cause has been confirmed in the available details.

The crash has left key questions unanswered, including the identities of those on board and what led the aircraft to descend so quickly. The established facts are that the Learjet left Austin for the Bahamas, crashed near Cresthaven, and killed everyone aboard, with no reported injuries on the ground.

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