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A Learjet 60 flying from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas crashes near Cresthaven in Palm Beach County, Fla., killing all nine people on board
A Learjet 60 that departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, around 12:50 p.m. Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration said, NBC News and Fox News report. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said all nine people on board were killed and called the crash a "horrific tragedy," NBC News and Straight Arrow News report. NBC News reports it was not immediately clear whether anyone on the ground was hurt. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating, with the NTSB in charge, Fox News reports, quoting the FAA. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue closed Military Trail between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North, Fox reports.
- From the LeftNBC News: Jet crashes in Florida killing all 9 on board
NBC reports Duffy's statement on the nine deaths, the flight route and the FAA and NTSB inquiry.
Grade: A (100/100). No problems found.
- CenterStraight Arrow News: Nine killed after plane crash in Florida
Straight Arrow reports Duffy's account of the crash, the Learjet 60 and the FAA team.
Grade: A (100/100). No problems found.
- From the RightFox News: Private jet with 9 people on board crashes just miles from Mar-a-Lago
Fox reports the FAA statement, the road closures and Flightradar24's flight-path data.
Grade: C (76/100). Gets a fact wrong.
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