NTSB recovers cockpit voice recorder from Learjet crash site in Florida
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Monday that it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 60 that crashed last week near Greenacres, Florida, killing all nine people on board.
Key points
- Crews started excavating the site on Wednesday after utility workers had drained water and cleared other hazards, the NTSB said.
- Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, 45, was killed in the crash alongside his wife, Helen Sharp, 40, their children, Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, the children's nanny, Anita Maria Cetina, and couple Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr.
- At about 41,000 feet, an air traffic controller told the flight crew that moderate precipitation was roughly five miles away and said they could move either left or right, stressing that the turn toward Freeport in the Bahamas "looks pretty bad." The crew was then instructed to fly to a waypoint near Naples, Florida.
TIMELINE OF LEARJET CRASH THAT KILLED AUSTIN FAMILY TRACES FINAL MINUTES FROM TAKEOFF TO FLORIDA PLUNGE The excavation work at the impact site has been completed.
Additional details
- Heavy rain and thunderstorms were reported across South Florida when the Learjet crashed.
- The NTSB said the CVR is being evaluated in the board's Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
- This comes after investigators said on Friday that they recovered part of an engine from the Learjet.
- The CVR was found at the location of the initial impact, according to the NTSB.
- The Learjet 60 left Austin-Bergstrom International Airport around 10:37 a.m.
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