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‘Mayday, we’re descending’ Pilot’s final words before private jet crash killed 9

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A harrowing air traffic control recording has captured the pilot's final moments before a private Learjet 60 plummeted into a South Florida neighborhood, killing all nine people on board. The aircraft was traveling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas when it suffered a catastrophic dive, dropping tens of thousands of feet in less than a minute. Become a supporter of this podcast:…