World · 2026-11-02 · Morning briefing
Nine killed in business jet crash in Florida
A Learjet 60 business jet crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday, killing all nine people on board. The aircraft, en route from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas, came down near the community of Cresthaven around 12:50 EST. It gouged a large crater in a multi-lane road, but no one on the ground was injured.
Air traffic control audio captured the flight's final moments. A crew member declared an emergency, reporting a descent rate that accelerated from 10,000 to 20,000 feet per minute in an "overspeed condition". The final transmission from the cockpit, 35 seconds after the initial mayday, was "we're out of time". Thunderstorms were active in the area at the time.
Authorities evacuated 600 residents from a nearby trailer park and declared a "mass casualty incident". The impact damaged local water lines, and the road is expected to remain closed for at least 30 days. The crash site is nine miles from Mar-a-Lago; Donald Trump had departed from a nearby airport about an hour earlier.
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