SRINAGAR: All nine people aboard a business jet were killed after the aircraft crashed into a residential neighbourhood in South Florida on Sunday, according to a BBC report.
The Learjet 60 had taken off from Austin, Texas, and was en route to the Bahamas when it plunged into the neighbourhood and caught fire. The impact left a large crater in the road, surrounded by flames, near a busy thoroughfare, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Initial reports indicated that the aircraft narrowly avoided nearby houses before crashing.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was deploying a team to assist the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) with the investigation into the cause of the crash.
