News Wrap: Parts of jet may have broken before Florida crash
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[0:00] And we start the day's other headlines in South Florida. Federal
[0:02] investigators say parts of a private jet appear to have broken off
[0:06] before it crashed yesterday killing all 9 people on board. This image
[0:10] from a driver dash cam captured the moment of impact which caused
[0:14] a massive explosion and left behind a crater near West Palm Beach.
[0:19] National safety officials say they're looking far beyond the crash
[0:22] site for evidence of what went wrong.
[0:25] We do have, um,
[0:27] Some indication that the aircraft was breaking up before
[0:31] impact and so
[0:33] some of this is yet to be determined. We may find parts of the aircraft
[0:37] some distance away from the actual impact site. The pilot of the
[0:40] Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 reported ice and turbulence to air traffic
[0:45] control before it rapidly descended. Officials have not released
[0:49] the names of the victims.
[0:50] In Washington DC, a federal judge dismissed