Learjet with 9 aboard crashes in Palm Beach County, Florida

A private jet traveling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas careened into the ground in Palm Beach County, Florida, Sunday afternoon, leaving a deep crater and burning debris just feet from nearby homes and businesses and killing all nine on board, officials say. Video from a passing vehicle shows the jet, a Learjet 60, slamming down nose first on a busy roadway in a flash before a fireball erupts. “It was a cataclysmic plane crash,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. “It looked like a missile going down.” There were no immediate reports of anyone on the ground injured. Before the crash, the pilot calmly reported ice accumulating on the aircraft, with an outside air temperature of -47 degrees Celsius, and moderate turbulence, bouncing the plane by up to 700 feet, according to a recording of air traffic control radio calls captured by LiveATC.net.