A Learjet 60 crash in Palm Beach County killed nine people Sunday, with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) taking charge of the investigation into the fatal accident.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) named Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas as the flight's starting point and North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas as its destination. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said nobody on board survived. The FAA placed the crash at about 12:50 p.m. ET on Nov. 1.
Agency descriptions differed: the FAA put the site near Cresthaven, and the NTSB's post used Lake Worth Beach. The FAA's initial notice gave no explanation for the crash. AFP reported that the scene was under 11 kilometers from Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Florida estate. EconoTimes previously covered the crash in its earlier report on the Learjet crash in Palm Beach County.
The NTSB said it would send an investigative team and planned to brief reporters Monday, Nov. 2. The board's post did not specify a time or exact venue for the briefing.
