Mid-air breakup suspected in deadly Florida learjet crash

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Big is the debris field,
and were there any injuries at all on the ground?
Tim, I'm going to let you take that one.
Okay.
So there was a gentleman, I understand.
I've learned today that he was in a vehicle that was leaving.
The immediately adjacent impacted area, and he sustained a leg injury.
He was going to be interviewed today
and understand the extent of his injuries.
That's all I've been made aware of in terms of injuries.
I'm sorry, the other part of the question?
I have a question.
I'm getting conflicting information.
It's half a mile by four-tenths of a mile, right?
But it's scattered among ball fields, businesses.
Personal residences and the debris is rather small.
And as I indicated, we do have some indication
that the aircraft was breaking up before impact,
and so some of this is yet to be determined.
We may find parts of the aircraft some distance away
from the actual impact site.
Have you all been able to find?
I don't think we're far enough along here
to know what we've found.
We're finding debris, but we haven't identified parts yet.
Yes, sir?
I'm wondering, can you explain what you guys call is salvageable,
given the impact of the crash?
Well, that's going to be a real challenge,
and I think you've seen the video.
That is going to be a real challenge,
and Tim, I know that you and your team,
that's one of the things that's going to be daunting.
Dan, do you know anything about the speed
that the aircraft was going before?
Not yet. High rate of speed, obviously,
but not yet in terms of any kind of precise numbers.
For the people that have been displaced in that area,
do you have any message for them,
and how long will they go back to their homes?
We're working to do the work that we need.
To do, to complete, in order to ensure that access can
be opened up there as quickly as we possibly can.
I don't want to try to speculate on the time frame, because some
of this, again, is we've just got logistical problems with the weather.
But we understand the challenges for those folks,
and we want to do our work as quickly as we can
so that the access to the neighborhood can be reestablished.
Last question.
Yes, sir.
Captain Steve Arroyo, Aviation News Updates.
Can you confirm that the aircraft actually flew through
an active thunderstorm?
We can't confirm that yet, but obviously
that's something that we're going to try to determine.
