Drat. Yet another general aviation crash last night. This one was a Learjet model 35, registration XA-USD, departing Ft Lauderdale at 7:50 PM for a return flight to Cozumel, with a medical team aboard. The flight crew reported engine failure shortly after takeoff, and they turned back, but were unable to make it to the airport. They impacted the Atlantic Ocean near the shoreline, in the darkness of night, and it appears from news articles and pictures that the aircraft at least partially broke up, since 1,000 pounds of floating debris had already been recovered. It's puzzling, that a very capable twin jet couldn't return successfully after an engine failure. Some failures will take out both engines, but most will leave one running, in which case it should have been "easy" to return safely. I really wonder what happened.
News articles: from Aviation Safety, Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel, CBS Miami
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