Watch: NTSB says plane in deadly Florida crash may have broken up in air
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[0:00] All right, so that big story out of
[0:02] Florida, of course, that Lear jet that
[0:03] went down, exploded in a fireball,
[0:05] killing nine. Now, some the beginning in
[0:08] getting some answers. This is at the
[0:09] NTSB safety board. Let's listen.
[0:11] >> Upper jets, and this was a part 135
[0:15] operation under the FAA regulations.
[0:18] The crash occurred on Sunday, November
[0:21] 1st, at approximately 12:51 p.m. Eastern
[0:24] time. The plane crashed in Palm Beach
[0:27] County near West Palm Beach.
[0:30] A team of about 20 NTSB investigators
[0:33] began arriving on Sunday evening to
[0:35] begin the investigation. Additional NTSB
[0:38] staff arrived today, including myself.
[0:43] Before I go further, in behalf of all of
[0:45] us at NTSB,
[0:47] I want to express our profound profound
[0:50] condolences to the family and friends of
[0:53] those who lost in this tragedy. We are
[0:55] truly truly sorry for your loss.
[1:01] I want to tell you a little bit about
[1:02] NTSB.
[1:04] National Transportation Safety Board is
[1:06] an independent federal agency charged by
[1:08] Congress with investigating every civil
[1:11] aviation accident in the United States
[1:13] and significant accidents in railroad,
[1:16] highway, marine, and pipeline.
[1:19] We also issue safety recommendations
[1:22] aimed at preventing future accidents.
[1:26] Here is what we know.
[1:28] At about 10:37 Eastern time, and all of
[1:31] these times will be Eastern time. At
[1:34] about 10:37 Eastern time, the aircraft
[1:37] departed Austin Burkstrom International
[1:39] Airport in route to North Elra, Bahamas
[1:43] with nine people on board, two flight
[1:46] crew and seven passengers.
[1:49] After takeoff, the flight proceeded
[1:51] towards the destination whil