Learjet crashes in Florida neighborhood, killing nine people
The aircraft disintegrated on hitting a street in Greenacres; NTSB investigators say they cannot yet identify causes, BBC reports.
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A Learjet 60 private jet crashed at high speed in a neighborhood of Greenacres, in the Palm Beach metropolitan area of South Florida, killing all nine people on board on Sunday (1) afternoon, according to BBC News Mundo.
Nearby cameras recorded the impact, which opened a crater in the street and shattered the twin-engine jet into thousands of fragments. One person in a vehicle suffered a leg injury, but there were no casualties on the ground.
Among the dead are pilot Nathalia Gadelha, 20, and passengers Adam Robinson, Helen Sharp, the children Emma and Charlie Robinson, nanny Anita María Cetina, and the couple Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr.
NTSB investigator Timothy Monville said the biggest obstacle will be recovering the main wreckage in the crater. The agency said it cannot speculate on the causes, but indicated that the plane may have suffered a problem and "some disintegration" before impact.
The flight was operated by Upper Jets, with a 22-year-old Learjet 60, which departed at 9:37 a.m. from an international airport in the region.