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West Palm Beach plane crash puts aviation safety, recent Tampa Bay crashes in focus

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 1:39 AM · 1 min read
West Palm Beach plane crash puts aviation safety, recent Tampa Bay crashes in focus — Tarpon Springs Business news

Federal investigators are looking at weather conditions, wreckage and other evidence as they work to determine what caused a Learjet 60 to crash in Palm Beach County, killing all nine people on board.The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that weather conditions are a major focus of its investigation. Investigators also said there is some evidence the aircraft began breaking apart before impact, but they are still working to determine what happened.WATCH NOW: West Palm Beach plane crash puts aviation safety, recent Tampa Bay crashes in focus West Palm Beach plane crash puts aviation safety, recent Tampa Bay crashes in focusWhat investigators know so farAccording to NTSB officials, the Learjet 60, operated by Aurora Aviation doing business as UpperJets, left Austin at 10:37 a.m. Sunday bound for the Bahamas. Seven passengers and two flight crew members were on board.At 12:47 p.m., the crew reported encountering white and clear ice that they described as manageable, along w

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