Learjet bound for Bahamas crashes in Palm Beach County, Florida; all nine aboard killed

A Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed into a residential area near Cresthaven in Palm Beach County, Florida, around 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said everyone aboard was killed. The jet had left Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Video showed the plane diving, then exploding in a fireball near a busy road and leaving a crater only feet from homes. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating, with the NTSB leading, and Duffy said the FAA is sending a team to support it. Military Trail was closed in both directions. Authorities had not said what caused the crash, who was on board, or whether anyone on the ground was hurt. An Austin airport spokesperson, Jim Reynolds, said the aircraft was private.

Right-leaning outlets split their emphasis. Fox News leads with the location, putting the crash about nine miles from Mar-a-Lago, and adds FAA statements, fire rescue warnings and Flightradar24 timing. The Washington Examiner, running AP copy, leads with Duffy's confirmation of the deaths, his description of a tragedy and Reynolds's comment. Left-leaning outlets give a plainer account. NBC News centers on the FAA, the sheriff's office and the road closures, while The Guardian US stresses the fireball, the crater and the unknown fate of people on the ground. Both sides agree on the aircraft, route, time and investigators. They differ in framing: Fox's Mar-a-Lago angle and the Examiner's focus on Duffy have no counterpart on the left, which focuses on the scene. ZeroHedge adds ADS-B data, the registration, and that Trump left aboard Air Force One an hour earlier.