Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Straits Times's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
28
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Nine people dead in Learjet crash in south Florida, officials say
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officials → say → Florida
A Learjet crashed on Sunday afternoon in a residential area in Palm Beach County, Florida, killing all nine people on board, US transportation officials said.
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officials → crash → board
The private jet had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
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Administration → take → statement
Videos on social media showed the jet slamming into the ground next to a road and exploding.
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jet → show → road
"It was a big-time tragedy that happened," Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference near the crash site in Lake Worth Beach.
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DeSantis → happen → Beach
"When you see that video, it's a jarring thing.
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it → see → video
It was like a missile coming down, and a massive explosion, debris going everywhere."
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debris → come → ?
The National Transportation Safety Board said it had launched an investigation into the crash, which Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called a "horrific tragedy."
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Duffy → say → which
FAA records list the Bombardier-made Learjet 60's owner as a Delaware corporation.
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records → list → corporation
Canada-based Bombardier said it would fully support the investigation and cooperate as needed.
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it → base → investigation
The crash left a "massive crater" by the road near the entrance to a mobile home park, Palm Beach County Commissioner Joel Flores said at the news conference.
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Flores → leave → conference
About 600 people were being evacuated from the area and relocated to two shelters in the county, Flores said.
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Flores → evacuate → county
Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms were occurring in the area at the time, forecaster AccuWeather said in a statement.
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AccuWeather → occur → statement
An audio recording from a Miami air traffic control center posted on LiveATC, a site that broadcasts air traffic control communications, captured the plane's final moments before the crash in unusual detail.
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that → post → detail
At first, someone in the plane's cockpit reported to an air traffic controller that they were "managing the ice" but faced "moderate" turbulence and were seeking "better rides".
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they → report → rides
Less than a minute later, the person said "Mayday, mayday," reporting that the plane was suddenly descending at a rate of 10,000 feet per minute.
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plane → say → minute
Seconds later, the person said they were declaring an emergency, with the rate of descent accelerating to 20,000 feet per minute.
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rate → say → minute
Less than 20 seconds later, the person said: "We're going to crash into the ground" before saying that the descent rate had reached 22,000 feet per minute as the plane started banking.
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plane → say → minute
About 35 seconds after the initial mayday announcement, the last thing heard from the cockpit was a rapidly spoken "We're out of time."
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 said data showed the vertical descent rate at one point exceeded 32,000 feet per minute.
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rate → hear → minute
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