Nine people dead in Learjet crash in south Florida

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The US Federal Aviation Administration confirmed on Sunday (Nov 1) that a jet believed to be carrying nine people crashed into a residential neighborhood in Palm Beach County, Florida.  Speaking at the crash site, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis described the incident as a "cataclysmic plane crash," saying the aircraft "looked like a missile going down" and left a large crater on the side of the road.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00How did this open up?

00:04This vine from all over.

00:06This vine from all over.

00:10Look how the ground opened.

00:12This vine from all over.

00:40Obviously, this was a cataclysmic plane crash.

00:43It looked like a missile going down.

00:45It left a big crater on the side of the road.

00:48I wanna commend the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department as well as the fire rescue.

00:53They were here immediately.

00:55There was a lot of debris that was spewn as a result of this crash.

01:01As of now, we don't have any reports of anyone who was on the ground apart from the people

01:06in the plane who were killed or injured as a result of debris, but the debris was significant

01:11and it went over a pretty significant distance.

01:14We've also been in contact with the FAA.

01:17There will be some folks here.

01:19Obviously, they do an investigation in situations like these.

01:35I'm gonna try to see if they could get a tent or something.

01:39Yeah, that'd be bad.

01:41They're trying to figure out another alternative route, but we know that route, which you guys

01:46know.

01:46Now, I'm here in Greenacre.

01:48See you back here.

01:49Bye bye.

01:52Bye bye.

01:53Hello!

01:54Bye bye.

01:55Bye bye.

01:56Bye bye.

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