Florida Learjet crash witness describes apocalyptic scene in frantic 911 call: ‘It was black, it was dark’

A witness to a Learjet crash in Greenacres, Florida, described a huge fireball and dark, burning wreckage in a 911 call. The crash killed all nine people aboard and shook nearby homes, underscoring the impact on people living near the site.

The Bahamas-bound jet went down near a mobile home park in Palm Beach County at about 1 p.m. on 1 November. The article says it left a large crater in the road; the caller said she first felt her house shake, then heard an explosion and saw what she likened to a bomb blast.