Trump Left Florida An Hour Before Jet Crashed 11 km Away From Mar-a-Lago
A Learjet 60 crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, killing all nine people on board. The incident occurred shortly after President Donald Trump departed from a nearby airport, though officials confirmed no connection between the events.
Why it matters
The proximity of a fatal aviation disaster to a high-profile political figure's residence necessitates a formal investigation by the FAA and NTSB.
Nine people were killed Sunday when the Learjet they were traveling in plummeted into a neighborhood in southern Florida, just miles from US President Donald Trump's resort home of Mar-a-Lago, officials said.Several unverified clips depicting the deadly crash and posted to social media show an aircraft nearly vertical slamming at high speed into the ground and triggering a large fireball, leaving a flaming crater near a busy roadside."Today's plane crash in Palm Beach County, Florida is a horrific tragedy," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, confirming that all nine people on board were killed.Duffy said the plane, a Learjet 60, had departed from Austin, Texas and was headed for the Bahamas.The crash…
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