9 Killed in Florida Jet Crash
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The pilot told air traffic control she was experiencing icing issues, and within minutes, the plane had slammed into the street.
"We're going to crash into the ground," the pilot said frantically, reporting the aircraft was descending at 22,000 feet per minute.
The plane may have broken apart, according to the NTSB, which said weather is a major focus of the investigation.
The authorities are continuing to investigate how a plane carrying nine people on Sunday afternoon climbed to an altitude of 37,000 feet, then suddenly fell from the sky at a rate of 20,000 feet per minute into a roadway outside Palm Beach, Fla. All those on board were killed, the authorities said.
A plane that crashed Sunday had been registered to a Delaware-based LLC with links to President Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, records show.
Federal investigators are expected to provide an update on a fiery plane crash that killed all nine people on board in South Florida.
Ice. Turbulence. Human error. Aviation experts believe that some combination of those factors caused a Learjet on its way to the Bahamas from Texas to crash on Sunday afternoon outside Palm Beach, Fla. Nine people were killed in the crash, which left behind a bomb-like crater and questions that could take months to answer.
The Florida plane crash that left nine people dead left a massive crater and debris strewn across a neighborhood.
The victims of a Sunday plane crash in Florida included a 20-year-old woman who got her pilot's license while still in high school and a technology entrepreneur and his family.
