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What kind of plane was it?
The Learjet 60 is a popular mid-size business jet, designed for corporate and private travel. It typically carries 7-8 passengers plus two crew members, not the hundreds seen on commercial flights. This explains why the crash, while tragic, involved nine fatalities rather than a larger number, as it came down on a busy road.
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