Emergency crews on Sunday afternoon responded to the scene of a aircraft crash in Greenacres, a metropolis in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, in an announcement, mentioned the incident occurred in the realm of Military Trail, between Cresthaven Boulevard and tenth Avenue North.
All northbound and southbound lanes of Military Trail are presently closed till additional discover, with motorists suggested to keep away from the realm and search alternate routes.
Videos on-line present the plane taking a pointy flip earlier than nosediving into the bottom close to a cell dwelling park, demolishing one trailer in an enormous fireball.
Information from ADS-B Exchange web site reveals the aircraft descended 27,000 ft in the course of one minute, earlier than flight monitoring knowledge reduce off.
There are studies of “several fatalities,” though the determine remains to be unconfirmed. It can also be not but clear whether or not anybody on the bottom was killed or injured.
The plane, a Learjet 60, had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was heading to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas.
Learjet 60, a enterprise jet manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace, is usually configured to accommodate six to seven passengers alongside a two-person crew.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will examine the crash, in accordance with the FAA.
