South Florida Learjet 60 crash kills 9, NTSB eyes icing conditions

South Florida Learjet 60 crash kills 9, NTSB eyes icing conditions

STL.News Press Release Distribution Services NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 20-year-old aspiring airline pilot and a Texas couple traveling with their two young children are among the nine people killed when a private jet plunged into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday.The Learjet 60 departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport at about 10:37 a.m. and was headed to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas when it crashed in Palm Beach County shortly before 1 p.m., killing everyone on board.Federal investigators said Monday that weather conditions are a "major focus" of the investigation after the crew reported icing and moderate turbulence at about 35,000 feet

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