Overview
- A Learjet 60 en route from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera crashed into a Greenacres roadway near South Military Trail around 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, exploding on impact and creating a large crater.
- Flight-tracking services and air-traffic recordings captured a sudden, extreme descent with pilots declaring an emergency and reporting icing, turbulence, and overspeed before the crash.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and federal officials confirmed that all nine people on board were killed and that victim identities have not yet been released.
- The impact destroyed at least one mobile home, knocked down power lines, forced road closures and sheltering for displaced residents, and prompted a mass-casualty response by local agencies.
- The NTSB is leading the investigation with FAA support while teams collect flight data, ATC audio, wreckage and video evidence to determine the cause and to guide safety follow-ups.