Overview
- A Learjet 60 crashed into a busy residential road near Mar-a-Lago, killing all nine people on board and leaving a crater and large fire at the scene.
- Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage and have begun tests to determine whether it contains usable audio.
- The crew reported turbulence and icing, requested to climb because of precipitation then announced a descent and issued a mayday, and investigators have also reported signs of possible partial in‑flight breakup.
- Social media videos show the jet plunging nearly vertically and exploding on impact, and on-scene evidence of the aircraft hitting the road has shaped the forensic focus.
- Officials say any audio from the recorder will be combined with flight data, air-traffic communications, wreckage analysis, weather records, and video to establish a probable cause and inform safety lessons for operators and residents.