国家运输安全委员会表示，发现的碎片证实飞机在坠毁前已在空中解体。
调查人员周二在新闻发布会上表示，在佛罗里达州发生致命坠机事故的莱尔喷气式飞机，其水平尾翼碎片在距离撞击地点一英里多的地方被找到，该事故导致机上九人全部遇难，并在地面留下一个燃烧的弹坑。
National Transportation Safety Board says discovery of parts confirms plane was breaking apart before it crashed Investigators looking into the fatal crash of a Learjet in Florida have said they found pieces of the horizontal tail section more than a mile from where the aircraft made impact, killing all nine aboard and leaving a fiery crater in the ground.
国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）成员汤姆·查普曼在新闻发布会上说，发现尾部碎片断裂成三块，证实飞机在撞击地面前已在空中解体。
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Tom Chapman said during a news conference on Tuesday that the discovery of tail parts broken into three pieces confirms the plane was breaking apart before it hit the ground.