NTSB Recovers Cockpit Voice Recorder Following Fatal Florida Learjet Crash
Investigators have retrieved the voice recorder from the Learjet 60 crash in Greenacres, Florida, which killed nine people as the investigation continues.
POLICY WIRE — Greenacres, Florida — National Transportation Safety Board officials announced on Monday that they have located the cockpit voice recorder from a business jet that crashed in South Florida last week.
The Learjet 60 plummeted from the sky near Greenacres on Nov. 1 during a period of severe weather. All nine individuals aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the impact.
Authorities found the device at the crash site where the plane, which was bound for the Bahamas, struck the ground and resulted in a large fireball.
The recovery of the recorder is a critical step for investigators attempting to reconstruct the sequence of events that led up to the tragic accident.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)>