A Learjet crashed into a neighborhood in southern Florida miles from US President Donald Trump's resort home on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, officials said.
Several unverified clips posted to social media depicting the deadly crash showed an aircraft nearly vertical slamming at high speed into the ground, creating a large fireball and leaving a flaming crater near a busy roadside.
Today's plane crash in Palm Beach County, Florida is a horrific tragedy, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, confirming that all nine people on the aircraft were killed.
Duffy said the plane, a Learjet 60, had departed from Austin, Texas and was headed for the Bahamas.
The crash occurred near Cresthaven, a neighborhood in Palm Beach County that is less than seven miles (11 kilometers) from Trump's resort home Mar-a-Lago.
Obviously this is a cataclysmic plane crash, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters near the scene.
It looked like a missile going down, he said, adding there were no reports of anyone on the ground being injured.
Several unverified clips posted to social media depicting the deadly crash showed an aircraft nearly vertical slamming at high speed into the ground, creating a large fireball and leaving a flaming crater near a busy roadside.
Today's plane crash in Palm Beach County, Florida is a horrific tragedy, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, confirming that all nine people on the aircraft were killed.
Duffy said the plane, a Learjet 60, had departed from Austin, Texas and was headed for the Bahamas.
The crash occurred near Cresthaven, a neighborhood in Palm Beach County that is less than seven miles (11 kilometers) from Trump's resort home Mar-a-Lago.
Obviously this is a cataclysmic plane crash, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters near the scene.
It looked like a missile going down, he said, adding there were no reports of anyone on the ground being injured.
