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NTSB finishes on-scene work at Florida Learjet crash site; impact-site excavation continue
Federal investigators have finished their on-scene work at the site of a Learjet crash that killed nine people in Palm Beach County earlier this month. The only
The National Transportation Safety Board says it has finished on-scene work at the Florida Learjet crash site, with excavation of the impact area continuing.
Investigators have cleared several wreckage landing zones, including the Green Acres Mobile Home Community, Reading Truck, Silver Oaks Plaza, Value Store It Self Storage, and John I. Leonard High School.
Pieces of the Learjet 60 have been recovered and identified, including components from both wings and engines, the flight deck, stabilizers, left elevator, sections of the ailerons, and several flap track assemblies. Some parts have been sent to NTSB laboratories in Washington for analysis.
The jet departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas on the morning of November 1 and was en route to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas when it crashed near South Military Trail in Palm Beach County.
Excavation of the impact site began late on November 4 after crews pumped water from the crater to access wreckage inside, and the NTSB is continuing to pursue debris recovery. The agency has not determined a cause and says weather remains a main focus of the investigation.