Pilot screams “mayday” before horrific crash
PALM BEACH, FL - A private plane nosedived into a suburban street in Palm Beach County Sunday afternoon, leaving a fiery crater in the road and killing all nine aboard. Dramatic dashcam footage shows the plane speeding straight down toward the street before exploding on impact, scattering debris all over the road and a nearby mobile home community. The Learjet 60, a medium range business jet, departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The aircraft crashed around 12:50 p.m. while headed to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas. U.S Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on X that all 9 people on board were killed in this “horrific tragedy,” he said in the post. He asked people to join him in “praying for the families and loved ones of those we lost.” Shortly before the crash, the pilot can reportedly be heard telling an air traffic controller at Miami Center there was icing conditions and turbulence, according to LiveATC.net audio…
1 Nov 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday