Federal probe launched into deadly Florida plane crash
The Hill · Ryan Mancini ·
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched an investigation into a deadly plane crash in Florida that killed all people onboard. Around 12:50 p.m. EST, a Learjet 60 crashed in a neighborhood near Cresthaven, Fla., after departing from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. The flight was en route…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched an investigation into a deadly plane crash in Florida that killed all people onboard.
Around 12:50 p.m. EST, a Learjet 60 crashed in a neighborhood near Cresthaven, Fla., after departing from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. The flight was en route to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). All nine people on the jet died in the crash.
Duffy in a statement called the incident a “horrific tragedy” and noted the FAA “is sending a team to the scene to support the @NTSB’s investigation.”
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