Florida Learjet Crash: How It Fell 5 Miles in 1 Minute (Real ATC + 3D)

On Sunday, November 1, 2026, Learjet 60 N722BD fell from 35,000 feet in about a minute over Palm Beach County, Florida, on its way from Austin to North Eleuthera, Bahamas. All nine people on board were killed. This is the whole flight, rebuilt from its ADS-B tracking data, NOAA weather radar and the crew's real radio calls. The cause has not been determined. The NTSB is investigating; at its November 2 briefing it said there is some evidence the jet began breaking up before impact. The aircraft's attitude in our animation is estimated from tracking data. Cockpit displays are reconstructed from flight-tracking and weather data (airspeed and Mach are estimates). The crash-site location shown is approximate. The storm cutaway illustrates a typical thunderstorm cell. Our thoughts are with the families. No one on the ground was reported hurt; about 600 residents nearby were displaced. CHAPTERS 0:00 Austin 0:29 The jet 0:45 Takeoff 1:08 The storms 1:30 Into Miami's airspace 2:57 The final minute (real ATC) 4:00 How it fell 5:49 What we don't know CREDITS ATC audio: LiveATC.net (Miami Center, sector ZMA01, archive 2026-11-01 1730Z) ADS-B data: adsb.lol (ODbL) Radar: NOAA NEXRAD (KAMX) via Iowa Environmental Mesonet and NOAA/AWS Satellite: GOES-19, NOAA Maps: Natural Earth; NASA Blue Marble; USGS; OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) Weather observations: Iowa Environmental Mesonet (ASOS/METAR, upper-air soundings) SOURCES FAA statements via Fox13, NBC Miami and Yahoo/AP; NTSB briefing, November 2 (board member Tom Chapman) via AeroTime, Yahoo/AP, CBS12 and FlightGlobal; CBS12 and WPTV (Greenacres crash site, Military Trail and 10th Ave N); Wikipedia: 2026 Greenacres Learjet 60 crash; FAA AC 00-24 (thunderstorms); FAA Airplane Flying Handbook (Mach tuck, spiral dive); Bombardier (Learjet 60 performance).