In the blink of an eye, a private jet plummeting 450 feet per second nosedived into a Florida roadway, bursting into flames and killing all nine people on board.

The private jet had departed Austin and was on its way to the Bahamas, authorities said.

The victims of a Sunday plane crash in Florida included a 20-year-old woman who got her pilot's license while still in high school and a technology entrepreneur and his family.

The investigation into Sunday’s Learjet crash that killed nine people begins in earnest today. Follow for live updates throughout the day.

In a post to X, the two-time Pro Bowl running back wrote that he’s “absolutely devastated” over the terrifying crash that saw a Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 aircraft that took off from Texas take a nose dive and erupt in a fiery explosion, sending debris flying in a South Florida neighborhood.

Joe Mixon shared details about his personal connection with the pilots of the Learjet that crashed in Florida.

Reports are coming in about an airplane crash near Lee C. Fine Airport in the state park. Very few details are currently available other than multiple agencies have responded to the scene with the

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