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Key Takeaways:
A business jet carrying nine people crashed into a South Florida neighborhood, killing everyone on board, but causing no casualties on the ground.
Prior to the crash, the pilots reported picking up ice, experiencing moderate turbulence, and then entered a rapid descent with an overspeed condition, declaring an emergency.
The aircraft, a privately owned Bombardier Learjet 60, was on a flight from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FAA are sending teams to investigate the crash site.
A business jet carrying nine people crashed into a South Florida neighborhood on Sunday, narrowly missing homes and cars on a busy street.
Car dash cams caught the image of the Learjet 60 as it nose-dived into the ground and exploded in flames in Palm Beach County. It appears part of the jet’s tail, the horizontal stabilizer, was missing.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
