00:02Now, to Florida, where nine people are dead after a private jet plunged from the sky and
00:08crashed in Palm Beach County Sunday afternoon.
00:10And investigators are now trying to determine what went wrong.
00:14The moment the Bombardier Learjet 60 crashed was captured on dashcam video.
00:19You can see it plummeting nose-first toward the ground before exploding into a massive
00:24fireball, sending thick black smoke into the air.
00:27The impact left a large crater in the road just feet from a nearby neighborhood.
00:31All nine people on board were killed.
00:34The jet was headed from Austin, Texas to the Bahamas when it crashed just before 1 p.m.
00:39Sunday.
00:39The identities of those on board have not yet been released.
00:43Air traffic control recordings reveal the pilot reported icing and moderate turbulence, then
00:48requested to climb to 37,000 feet.
00:51Moments later, the plane was in a rapid descent.
00:54We want to warn you the pilot's final distress calls are difficult to hear.
00:58722 Bravo Delta, we're descending 8,000, Mayday, Mayday, we're descending 10,000 feet per minute.
01:04November 722 Bravo Delta, roger.
01:07Declar an emergency, 722 Bravo Delta, we are in an overseas condition, descending 20,000 feet per minute.
01:14We're going to crash into the ground, 722 Bravo Delta.
01:18November 2 Bravo Delta, I'm here with you, talk to me.
01:21We are descending 22,000 feet and we are banking 60 degrees.
01:29The NTSB has sent a team of investigators to Florida to determine what caused the crash.
01:34The agency is expected to hold a news conference with an update sometime today.
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