A business jet carrying nine people crashed into a South Florida neighbourhood on Sunday (Oct 31), erupting into a massive fireball that narrowly missed nearby homes. The aircraft nose-dived before crashing near a busy roadway, triggering a major blaze.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that all nine people aboard the aircraft died in the incident.

The jet departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to the Bahamas.

Duffy said that the Federal Aviation Administration was sending a team to assist the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the incident.

Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that there were no immediate reports of anyone on the ground injured or killed.

“It was a cataclysmic plane crash,” DeSantis told reporters at the scene.…