Nine people dead in Learjet crash in south Florida, officials say

A Learjet crashed on Sunday afternoon in a residential area in Palm Beach County, Florida, ‌killing all nine people on board, US transportation officials said. The private jet had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. Videos on social ​media showed the jet slamming into the ground next to a road and exploding. “It was a ​big-time tragedy that happened,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference near ⁠the crash site in Lake Worth…