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WPTV: Posted 10:46 AM, Nov 01, 2026
Learjet headed to Bahamas crashes in Palm Beach County with 9 people on board
GREENACRES, Fla. — A Learjet carrying nine people crashed in a residential area near Cresthaven on Sunday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA said the Learjet 60 crashed around 12:50 p.m. The aircraft had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas.
@bbdd333 @SecureOwl @zl2tod @ai6yr @mkristensson holycrap there was a car practically right under the plane
@Viss @SecureOwl @zl2tod @ai6yr @mkristensson are you talking about the one the video was shot from, or the one in the video you can see in the background?
@Viss @SecureOwl @zl2tod @ai6yr @mkristensson
Either way, both are bad places to be. It's crazy when you think that taking an extra 5 seconds drinking your coffee in the morning could be the difference between a good day or not.
@ai6yr Looks like its N722BD https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n722bd
@Viss @mkristensson Yeah, it went in hard.
Warning, the ATC recording is disturbing. Sounds like weather or a control-related issue.
@mkristensson @ai6yr sr a1a up there in the top right - thats mar a lago. who just installed AA missiles a few days ago: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/anti-aircraft-missiles-trumps-mar-223339027.html?guccounter=1
@Viss @mkristensson Yeah... My comment about that not being a great airport to go in and out of because of those AA.
"...Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said Military Trail is closed to all traffic between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North. The agency described the response as an "extended incident" and urged people to avoid the area...."
@ai6yr Not that far from Mar-a-Lago. Probably feds all over the place.
It's raining hard down here now, too.
@ai6yr Is tis close enough to Mar-Lago for us to get our hopes up?
@ai6yr That explains a lot! 
@ai6yr Aviation Safety Network page for the incident. RIP. 😢 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/584122
@chris_bloke Thanks for the link!
@ai6yr
Looks like a very abrupt drop from a very high altitude. I don't think there was any control happening after that started. Two engines, so can't have been just one failing.
And they turned away from their destination quite a while before the problems started. Maybe loss of pressurization and everyone conking out?
@me_valentijn 🤷 Anyway... RIP.
@ai6yr Seeing this flight path I´ll levae this link here though it´s not accessible from my location. (aka I can´t read it myself)
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-mar-a-lago-air-defense-systems-missiles/74287233
Looks like they have closed off a road in an area of interest. Wonder if that's normal or as a result of this....
CNN: "... Minutes before the crash, the pilot of the plane reported ice accumulating on the aircraft, an outside air temperature of -47 degrees Celsius, and moderate turbulence, bouncing the plane by up to 700 feet, according to a recording of air traffic control radio calls captured by LiveATC.net.... moments later, after reporting precipitation started to fall and requesting to climb, they declared an emergency.... “We’re descending 8,000 – mayday, mayday - we’re descending 10,000 feet per minute,” the pilot said. “We are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000 feet per minute … We’re going to crash into the ground.”
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/11/01/us/south-florida-plane-crash
@ai6yr I believe that’s normal when there’s a presidential motorcade movement there.
@ai6yr probably a result. Even in Florida they know rubbernecking is a problem.
@ai6yr Screenshot from the video my son sent me, just as the aircraft impacted the ground, and an important flying surface seems to be missing: the elevator. Not sure if the Lear has a stabilator (single piece flying surface) or a standard two piece elevator, but it's missing and there is no chance of keeping an aircraft in the air without it.