Live updates: 9 dead after business jet crashes in Florida neighborhood

Nine people were killed Sunday when a Learjet 60 crashed into a residential neighborhood in Palm Beach County, Florida, authorities said. The aircraft, which had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, crashed near Cresthaven at about 12:50 p.m. ET, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said all nine people on board were killed in the crash. The FAA is sending a team to the scene to support the NTSB s investigation, Duffy said in a statement on social media. Please join me in praying for the families and loved ones of those we lost. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said the crash occurred in a neighborhood near Cresthaven and prompted the closure of Military Trail between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North. Drivers were urged to seek alternate routes. Video showed the aircraft nose-diving before exploding in a massive fireball near a bu