{"id":229498,"date":"2026-11-02T05:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nine-killed-in-florida-plane-crash-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T05:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:27:10","slug":"nine-killed-in-florida-plane-crash-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nine-killed-in-florida-plane-crash-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine killed in Florida plane crash – BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

A business jet crashed in a neighbourhood in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, the US transport secretary has said.
The crash happened near Cresthaven, some nine miles (14 km) from Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach County, around 12:50 EST (17:50 GMT).
Images from after the crash show a crater in the middle of a residential road, with patches of fire and pieces of concrete and debris from the Learjet 60 aircraft scattered.
The aircraft had departed from Austin, Texas, and was headed to the Bahamas, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
US media reports and flight analysis indicate that the jet was plummeting hundreds of feet per second before crashing.
In air traffic control audio recorded moments before the crash, the pilot of the aircraft can be heard saying the plane was descending 10,000 feet per minute, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.
Then the pilot declared an emergency, yelling, "We are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000 feet per minute," CBS reported.
"We're gonna crash … We're out of time," the pilot told the tower.
Unverified footage posted on social media shows what appears to be a dash-camera recording of the moment of the crash. It shows vehicles driving on a residential suburban street, when suddenly an aircraft nosedives into the ground almost vertically, and explodes into a large fireball.
"When you see that video, it's a jarring thing," Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters at a news conference after the crash. "It's like a missile coming down, and a massive explosion, debris going everywhere."
It is not yet clear who was aboard the jet when it crashed. DeSantis said "as of now, we don't have any reports of anyone who was on the ground…who was killed or injured".
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described the crash as a "horrific tragedy", and said the FAA was sending a team to the scene to help an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
"Please join me in praying for the families and loved ones of those we lost," Duffy added.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue has declared a "mass casualty incident".
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the crash happened on Military Trail, a six-lane road that features businesses and eateries.
At a news conference, DeSantis and local officials said that 600 local residents were being evacuated from a nearby trailer-park community.
The impact of the crash caused considerable damage to local infrastructure, including its water lines, they said, and it would be at least 30 days before the road re-opened.
Thunderstorms had been reported in the area at the time of the crash, and it was heavily raining as the news conference was held.
Trump had been at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday morning, and departed from an airport nearby on Air Force One about an hour before the crash.
The Connecticut Democrat had been campaigning around the country for Democrats on the ballot this midterm election.
Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
The Massachusetts mother, accused of murdering her three children, is expected back in court as she awaits a decision on whether her case will be retried.
The BBC asked voters from across the United States what voting means to them and whether they think it matters in the midterm elections.
The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress.
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A business jet crashed in a neighbourhood in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, the US transport secretary has said.The crash happened near Cresthaven, some nine miles (14 km) from Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach County, around 12:50 EST (17:50 GMT).Images from after the crash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}