The private flight originated from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and was bound for North Eleuthera Airport when it experienced sudden distress over Florida. Distress recordings captured the crew reporting an extreme descent rate alongside a steep bank angle shortly before the plane impacted the Greenacres mobile home community. The 2004-manufactured aircraft severed power lines and struck a tree before exploding into flames and forming a large crater. Federal Aviation Administration officials have yet to confirm the primary cause behind the incident.
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The catastrophic impact caused severe structural damage to a mobile home and downed local…: The catastrophic impact caused severe structural damage to a mobile home and downed local power lines.
The flight crew declared a mayday and screamed that they were out of time just 35 seconds…: The flight crew declared a mayday and screamed that they were out of time just 35 seconds later.
Federal regulators have initiated an investigation into the disaster, but an official cau…: Federal regulators have initiated an investigation into the disaster, but an official cause has not yet been determined.
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The last and haunting words of the pilot who was on Learjet 60, which had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to North Eleuthera Airport in The Bahamas, has now gone viral on social media. “We’re descending 8,000 - mayday, mayday,” the pilot radioed in audio obtained by Sky News and CNN. “We’re descending 10,000 feet per minute.”“We are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000 feet per minute,” the pilot said, adding, “We’re going to crash into the ground,” according to the news agency. The last words heard from the cockpit were, “We’re out of time,” around 35 seconds after the initial mayday announcement was made, the female pilot said in a loud chilling scream.
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