Learjet crash: Parts of plane may have come off before crash

All nine people on board a business jet were killed when it plummeted to a roadway near a South Florida neighborhood. Read more trending news Amazingly, the plane, a Learjet 60 en route to the Bahamas, missed homes in Greenacres, Palm Beach County, Florida, and instead struck the nearby highway, The Associated Press reported. Plane may have broken up before crashUpdate 1:56 p.m. ET, Nov. 2: Officials are still trying to determine the cause of the crash, but they’re having a significant challenge, CNN reported.“The biggest obstacle that we’re going to have is recovering the major wreckage from the impacted crater on the roadway,” NTSB Senior Air Safety Investigator Tim Monville said. “We do have some evidence that there was some breakup of the aircraft before impact. We’re still seeking to determine that,” NTSB Member Tom Chapman said, according to CNN. “We may find some parts of the aircraft some distance from the crash site.”Meanwhile, officials have yet to identify those killed, but