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Florida plane crash: What we know about the victims

Katherine Langford
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Editor-in-Chief · Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM · 1 min read
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Florida plane crash: What we know about the victims — Dunedin Sports news

Nine people aboard a Learjet 60 were killed Sunday afternoon after the plane crashed into the ground in Palm Beach County, Florida, according to Transportation Secretary Sean. Duffy.The plane departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was on its way to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, before it went down in Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. The NTSB said it is sending teams to Florida to investigate.What we know about the victimsThe FAA said there were a total of nine crew members and passengers aboard the Learjet when it crashed – and that no one survived.Officials have not elaborated on how many of the nine people were crew members or passengers nor has anyone been identified.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a Sunday press conference that he did not know whether anyone onboard the plane was from Florida."Obviously, this was a cataclysmic plane crash. It looked like a missile going down," he said. "It left a big crater on the side o

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