Private plane carrying nine aboard crashes in Florida and erupts in massive fireball
Private plane carrying nine aboard crashes in Florida and erupts in massive fireball

At least nine people are dead after a plane crashed in Florida's Palm Beach County on Sunday and erupted into a big fireball.

The Learjet 60 went down in a neighborhood near Cresthaven in South Florida at 12:50 p.m. All nine people onboard the business jet were killed, according to US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

The Bahamas-bound flight had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas.

Pieces of pavement on fire after a plane crashed in Palm Beach County, killing all nine people onboard (Eduin Cruz)

Pieces of pavement on fire after a plane crashed in Palm Beach County, killing all nine people onboard (Eduin Cruz)