Nine die in ‘cataclysmic’ Florida business jet crash

Nine people died when their Learjet 60 crashed in a residential neighbourhood in South Florida while flying from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas. Cockpit recordings captured the pilot initially describing icing issues as “manageable,” followed by reports that the plane was rapidly losing altitude and the crew’s warning that they were going to crash. Governor Ron DeSantis called the crash “cataclysmic” and said there appeared to be no casualties on the ground. The FAA was heading to the scene to support the National Transportation Safety Board investigation.