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Written By B.J. Dichter, Posted on November 1, 2026
As of 6:45 p.m. ET, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived out of the sky over Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon. It exploded on a busy stretch of Military Trail and left a burning crater a few feet from homes. Everyone on board was killed.
“Today’s plane crash in Palm Beach County, Florida is a horrific tragedy,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote on X. He confirmed that “all 9 people on board were killed.”
The aircraft was a Learjet 60, a twin-engine business jet, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It went down at about 12:50 p.m. near Cresthaven, west of West Palm Beach. The jet had left Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, WPTV reported, citing the FAA. The FAA called its information preliminary and subject to change.
Flight-tracking data reviewed by Flightradar24 identify the jet as N722BD, a Learjet 60 built in 2004. According to CBS12, registration records list the owner as LR60271 LLC of Wilmington, Delaware. Officials have not named the operator or anyone on board.
The fall was extraordinarily fast. According to ABC News, citing the FAA, the jet dropped from 35,250 feet to 8,750 feet in a little over a minute, roughly 350 feet per second. Flightradar24 said its data showed a vertical rate of more than 32,000 feet per minute during the descent.
Sources: FAA, NTSB, U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy, Flightradar24. As of 6:45 p.m. ET Nov. 1. Graphic: The National Telegraph.
Flightradar24 reviewed air traffic control audio captured by LiveATC.net. On the recording, the crew reports icing, moderate turbulence and precipitation, asks for “a better ride” and requests a climb to 37,000 feet. Shortly after getting clearance, the crew reported a rapid descent and an overspeed condition.
On audio reported by NBC News, a woman can be heard saying, “Mayday, mayday. We’re descending 10,000 feet per minute.” She then says the jet is descending at 20,000 feet per minute. Her last words before a scream are “We’re gonna crash into the ground, 722 Bravo Delta.”
None of this establishes a cause. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation with the FAA. The NTSB said on X that it has launched a go-team, that investigators arrive Sunday and Monday morning, and that it will brief the media in West Palm Beach on Monday.
Video recorded by people in their cars captured the jet plunging from the sky before it struck near the roadway and exploded, according to the Associated Press. Viewer discretion is advised.
Dashcam video of the crash, posted by Kyle McGuire (@TheKyleMcGuire):
🚨 UPDATE: PLANE CRASH CONFIRMED IN GREENACRES — DASHCAM
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and PBSO confirm aircraft down near Military Trail between Cresthaven and 10th Ave North.
• Preliminary ID: Learjet 60 (N722BD) that left Austin, TX this morning https://t.co/gEnc9pXV6Z pic.twitter.com/pwTs2f8ys0
— Kyle McGuire (@TheKyleMcGuire) November 1, 2026
Video from the scene, posted by WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12):
BREAKING UPDATE | A jet plummeted onto a busy Greenacres roadway Sunday afternoon, triggering a fiery explosion that sent a boom echoing for miles and prompted a massive emergency response.
Read more: https://t.co/bwjIAmATF9 pic.twitter.com/J1WNuqrdWe— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) November 1, 2026
“It looked like a missile going down. It left a big crater on the side of the road,” Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters at the scene, according to NBC News. He called the crash “cataclysmic.”
DeSantis said there were no reports of anyone on the ground being killed or injured. He said the debris field stretched a “pretty significant distance,” according to NBC News and WPTV.
Palm Beach County officials said about 600 people in a nearby mobile home community would be relocated while the site is treated as a crime scene, WPTV reported. Two shelters were on standby, and Palm Tran was ready to move residents. CBS12 reported power outages in the area, but their extent has not been confirmed.
Military Trail is closed between 10th Avenue North and Purdy Lane/Alameda Drive until further notice, according to the county. Drivers should use Haverhill Road and Kirk Road for north-south travel. A county commissioner warned that the closure could last a long time because of the crater. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue called it “an extended incident.”
The Sheriff’s Office posted video of the evening press conference with DeSantis and local officials:
Press Conference Following Today's Tragic Incident:
Governor Ron DeSantis joined local officials to give an update and address the community. The crash caused significant debris, damage to surrounding infrastructure, and prompted road closures and evacuations in the adjacent… pic.twitter.com/1snjPKAmZw
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) November 1, 2026
It is the second-deadliest crash in the United States this year, behind June’s skydiving plane crash in Butler, Missouri, which killed 12, CNN reported, citing NTSB records.
Accounts of the exact location differ. The FAA said the crash was near Cresthaven. Local outlets placed it on Military Trail in the Greenacres area, between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North. The NTSB’s statement said Lake Worth Beach.
The names of the nine people aboard have not been released. This is a developing story, and The National Telegraph will update it as the NTSB releases information.
B.J. Dichter is a contributor to The National Telegraph and the producer and creator of Not On Record, a weekly podcast on politics and culture. He produces Open College with philosopher Stephen Hicks and hosts Coffee with BJ, his live show. A former trucker, he was a spokesperson for the 2022 Freedom Convoy and wrote about it in Honking For Freedom. He writes from a classical liberal, libertarian conservative perspective on free speech, Canadian and US politics, Israel and Bitcoin.
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