Probe after two die as private jet crashes onto major road in Florida

Two people were confirmed dead (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)

The pilot of a private jet that slammed into a major road in Florida, killing two people, calmly told an airport controller that the aircraft “was not going to make the runway” since it had lost both engines, officials said.

The jet, with five people aboard, was bound for the airport in Naples when it tried to make an emergency landing on Interstate 75 on Friday afternoon.