A medevac Learjet bound for Mexico crashed in the ocean about a mile offshore minutes after departing Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday night. Officials said two people on board have been confirmed killed and a Coast Guard search continues for two others.
An airport spokesman told media outlets that the Learjet 35 was returning to Cozumel, Mexico, with two pilots, a doctor and a nurse after dropping a patient in Fort Lauderdale.