NTSB recovers cockpit voice recorder from Learjet 60 that crashed near Greenacres, Florida
The National Transportation Safety Board said it recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Learjet 60 that crashed Nov. 1 near Greenacres, Florida, killing all nine people aboard.
The NTSB said Nov. 9 the CVR was found at the location of initial impact and is being evaluated in the board’s Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
The NTSB said excavation work at the impact site has been completed. The agency said crews began digging after utility workers drained water and cleared hazards; during that work investigators recovered part of an engine. The NTSB also previously reported recovery of the left tail elevator in three pieces, including one piece found nearly four miles from the crash site.
Fox News reported the Learjet 60 departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport about 10:37 a.m. on Sunday bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas and plunged into the ground in Palm Beach County shortly before 1 p.m., killing everyone aboard. Fox News named victims including Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, 45; his wife, Helen Sharp, 40; their children Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2; the family’s nanny, Anita Maria Cetina; and Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr.
Investigators told Fox News that weather will be a major focus of the probe. The report said air traffic control told the flight crew at about 41,000 feet that moderate precipitation was roughly five miles away and that the crew later deviated toward Palm Beach County, reporting deteriorating conditions, icing and turbulence and asking if there was a “better ride” ahead.
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