NTSB: Engine Oil Warnings Sounded Moments Before Jet Crash-Landed on Florida Highway, Killing 2

NTSB: Engine Oil Warnings Sounded Moments Before Jet Crash-Landed on Florida Highway, Killing 2
Florida Highway Patrol troopers are on the scene of a small airplane landing on southbound Interstate 75 in Naples, Fla., on Feb. 9, 2024. Florida DOT/The News-Press via AP
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Moments before the deadly crash of a charter jet on a Florida highway, three warnings about oil pressure problems in its two engines sounded, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Tuesday.

The Bombardier aircraft flying from Ohio with five people aboard was cleared to land at Naples Municipal Airport at 3:08 p.m. on Feb. 9, the report says. It was about 6.5 miles (10.5 kilometers) north of the airport when what the NTSB called a “master warning” about oil pressure issues in the left engine took place.