All nine people on board a Learjet 60 jet died in a “cataclysmic” crash in Florida on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
\n\nThe flight, which departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, crashed near Cresthaven around 12:50 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.
\n\nTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy said all nine on the flight died. He called the crash a “horrific tragedy” on social media, adding, “Please join me in praying for the families and loved ones of those we lost.”
\n\nThe identities of the people on board have not been released.
\n\nVideo showed a crater in the middle of a road engulfed in flames.
\n\nIn distressing air traffic control audio, a woman can be heard saying, “Mayday, mayday. We’re descending 10,000 feet per minute.”
\n\nShe later frantically yells, saying the jet was descending at 20,000 feet per minute.
\n\n“We’re gonna crash into the ground 722 Bravo Delta,” she can be heard saying, followed by a scream.
\n\nFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis described the crash as “cataclysmic.”
\n\n“It looked like a missile going down. It left a big crater on the side of the road,” DeSantis told reporters after the crash.
\n\nHe said…
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