A Learjet plummeted into a neighbourhood in southern Florida miles from United States President Donald Trump\u2019s resort home on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, officials said.\n<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s plane crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, is a horrific tragedy,\u201d Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, confirming that all nine people on the aircraft were killed.\n<\/p>\n
Duffy said the plane, a Learjet 60, had departed from Austin, Texas and was headed for the Bahamas.<\/p>\n
The crash occurred near Cresthaven, a neighbourhood in Palm Beach County that is less than seven miles (11 kilometres) from Trump\u2019s resort home Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously this is a cataclysmic plane crash,\u201d Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters near the scene.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt looked like a missile going down,\u201d he said, adding there were no reports of anyone on the ground being injured.<\/p>\n
Trump had been at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday but departed from the nearby and newly renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport shortly after he boarded Air Force One at 11:55 am (1655 GMT), about an hour before the crash of the Learjet aircraft.\n<\/p>\n
The plane came down near the entrance to a mobile home park, Palm Beach County Commissioner Joel Flores said, noting about 600 residents were evacuated and relocated to shelters.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n
Storms had been reported in the area. Trump carried an umbrella as he boarded Air Force One.\n<\/p>\n
In an audio recording posted to air traffic website liveatc.net, someone in the cockpit can be heard reporting \u201cmoderate turbulence\u201d and saying the crew was \u201cmanaging the ice.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The person said the plane was \u201cpicking up precipitation\u201d and needed \u201cto climb\u201d shortly before saying: \u201cMayday, mayday, we\u2019re descending 10,000 feet per minute.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Seconds later, the person said they were \u201cdeclaring an emergency\u201d as the plane descended 20,000 feet per minute.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to crash into the ground,\u201d the person said, shortly before communications stopped.\n<\/p>\n
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