India, Nov. 2 -- Nine people were killed on Sunday when a Learjet 60 business jet crashed into a neighbourhood in southern Florida, just miles away from US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, officials said. Florida governor Ron DeSantis described the incident as a "missile going down".

US transportation secretary Sean Duffy said the plane had departed from Austin, Texas, and was bound for the Bahamas. It crashed near Cresthaven, a neighbourhood in Palm Beach County less than seven miles (11 kilometres) from Mar-a-Lago.

Videos shared on social media showed the jet hitting the ground beside a road and exploding.

"It was a big-time tragedy that happened," DeSantis said at a press conference near the crash site in Lake Worth Beach...