Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
119
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Crucial components of a private jet that crashed in Palm Beach, Florida - including a part that controlled the up-and-down movements of the nose of the plane - were found 1.3 (2 km) to 3.8 miles away from the crash site, an investigator said on Tuesday.
asserted
investigator → crash → Tuesday
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators said they believed parts of the jet may have broken off before the Sunday crash, which killed all nine on board.
uncertain
which → say → board
The NTSB found "the majority" of the Learjet's left elevator - a control surface on the tail - in three pieces, NTSB board member Tom Chapman said.
asserted
Chapman → find → pieces
Chapman said because the parts were "quite some distance away" from the site, investigators determined they fell off before impact.
asserted
they → say → impact
"Knowing that it was lost is a very important piece of evidence in terms of pointing us towards other things to investigate," he said.
asserted
he → know → things
Chapman said officials were still working out whether losing the left elevator caused the plane to nosedive or whether the part fell off because "forces on the aircraft caused that to separate".
asserted
that → say → aircraft
He said the part of the plane that controls upward and downward movement may not have been "effective" at the speed the plane was travelling.
uncertain
plane → say → speed
The Learjet 60 was bound for the Bahamas from Austin, Texas, when it nosedived into a multi-lane highway and exploded on impact.
asserted
it → bind → impact
In air traffic control audio recordings, someone in the cockpit can be heard reporting "moderate turbulence" and that the crew was "managing the ice".
asserted
crew → hear → ice
They are then heard saying the plane was "picking up precipitation" and "we need to climb".
asserted
we → hear → precipitation
Moments later, the same voice said the plane was descending at a rate of 10,000ft (3,048m) per minute.
asserted
plane → say → minute
An emergency was declared and the pilots can be heard yelling "we are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000ft per minute", before saying, "we are going to crash into the ground".
asserted
we → declare → ground
NTSB plans to investigate the role weather played in the crash.
asserted
weather → plan → crash
Officials were struggling to access the wreckage due to the huge crater created by the jet on a road in Palm Beach.
asserted
Officials → struggle → Beach
Chapman said on Tuesday that the force of the impact severely damaged the wreckage.
asserted
force → say → wreckage
Seven passengers died on board, named in a joint statement as tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife, Helen Sharp, and their two children - Emma, four, and Charlie, two - as well as friends of the family Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, and Anita Maria Cetina, a nanny.
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passengers → die → family
The pilot was named in media reports as 55-year-old Jeffrey Gregory.
asserted
pilot → name → Gregory
Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, who earned her pilot's licence when she was 17, was reported to be the co-pilot.
asserted
she → earn → licence
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