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Investigators find signs jet broke apart before Florida crash

The NTSB says weather is a major focus as it examines the crash that killed all nine people aboard a Learjet 60 in Palm Beach County, Florida. The victims included a family with two young children.

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What’s new: Investigators say evidence suggests the jet began breaking apart before impact, and authorities have named the passengers and both pilots.

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  • NTSB investigators say evidence suggests parts of the Learjet 60 began breaking off before it struck a road in Palm Beach County, Florida, killing all nine on board. The cause has not been determined. BBC NewsPBS NewsHourNewstalk ZB

  • Weather is a major focus of the inquiry. The crew reported turbulence and icing before the jet rapidly lost altitude; investigators are also trying to recover the wreckage from a crater in the road. BBC NewsPBS NewsHourNewstalk ZB

  • The victims included technology entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp and their children, Emma, four, and Charlie, two. Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, was also among those killed. BBC News1NewsNewstalk ZB