Learjet 60 Crashes Into Palm Beach County Neighborhood

Overview

• A Learjet 60 flying from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas broke apart and crashed into a residential area near Military Trail in Palm Beach County on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
• U.S. officials reported nine people were on board and have been reported killed while ground casualty details remain unconfirmed by local authorities.
• Public ADS‑B and Flightradar24 tracking show a sudden, extreme descent before tracking stopped, including a reported loss of about 27,000 feet in one minute and a vertical speed exceeding −32,000 feet per minute.
• The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have opened formal investigations and are collecting on‑scene wreckage, maintenance and flight data to determine the cause.
• The crash created a large fire crater, closed nearby roads and disrupted the neighborhood; the site is roughly six kilometers south of the West Palm Beach airport and the timing was noted as shortly after President Trump left the area but no link to the accident has been established.