Nine killed as business jet crashes in Palm Beach County neighborhood

A business jet crashed on Sunday in a Palm Beach County neighborhood near Greenacres, Florida, killing all nine people aboard, including two crew members and seven passengers. The Learjet 60 had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas at 10:37 a.m. Eastern time and was bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas. The crash site spans about half a mile across ballfields, businesses and homes, and investigator Timothy Monville said recovering major wreckage from a crater in the roadway will be the main obstacle in a process expected to take several days. About 600 residents have been displaced and are in temporary shelter, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, and the only reported ground injury was a leg injury to a man in a nearby vehicle. NTSB member Tom Chapman said about 20 investigators will examine whether weather, including icing, contributed, but that it is too early to determine a cause.

Left-leaning CBS News leads with a joint statement from the victims' families that names the dead, including children Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, and thanks first responders and investigators. Alternative outlet TMZ leads instead with the pilot's identity, reporting through a family member that captain Jeff Gregory, 55, was flying. Right-leaning Just the News leads with Chapman's report that the jet may have begun breaking apart before impact. Both sides agree on the death toll, route and location, but differ on emphasis: CBS centers grief and family voices, while Just the News centers the in-flight breakup and the investigation.