Nine dead in plane crash in Florida

Accident over residential area Nine dead in plane crash in Florida As of: November 2nd, 2026 • 1:33 p.m

Nine people died in a plane crash in the USA. The private jet crashed over a residential area in the state of Florida. The pilot had previously reported problems with the weather.

Nine people died when a private plane crashed in the US state of Florida. According to Transportation Minister Sean Duffy, the plane crashed over a residential area near Cresthaven on Sunday afternoon (US Eastern Time).

According to air traffic control records, the pilot reported ice accretion on the aircraft and turbulence at an altitude of around eleven kilometers a few minutes before the crash. The ice was manageable and the turbulence was moderate, she told the air traffic controllers. Shortly afterwards she made an emergency call.

According to radio recordings recorded by the LiveATC.net portal, one of the last radio messages was: "We will hit the ground." The flight tracking data shows that the Learjet 60 aircraft then lost altitude and finally hurtled towards the ground at a speed of more than 9,000 meters per minute.

A huge crater appeared on the asphalt of the road at the crash site. According to US media, rescue workers brought around 600 people to safety from a nearby trailer park.

Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said that according to initial findings there were no casualties on the ground. "This was obviously a devastating plane crash," he said. The area was initially cordoned off for investigations and clean-up work.

The Learjet 60 took off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was on its way to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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