Palm Beach Learjet Crash: What We Know So Far

A Learjet 60 flying from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday, November 1, 2026. All nine people on board died. According to the FAA, the jet went from 35,250 feet to 8,750 feet in a little over a minute. In this video we separate what officials have confirmed, what has only been reported, and what nobody knows yet: the flight, the weather warnings in effect, the unofficial radio calls, the crash site, the rumors that are not true, and what the NTSB will examine. The cause has not been determined. Chapters 0:00 Down 26,500 feet in a minute 0:48 The flight 2:04 The weather (context, not a conclusion) 3:18 The descent 4:32 The radio calls (unofficial) 5:44 On the ground 7:00 What is not established 7:50 What investigators will examine 8:58 What we know tonight Figures as reported on the night of November 1, 2026. Air traffic control audio comes from LiveATC and has not been released or authenticated by the NTSB. Nothing in this video is a finding about the cause. Sources FAA (via ABC News, NBC News) · U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy · Associated Press · CNN · NTSB (@NTSB_Newsroom) · Palm Beach County, PBSO and PBCFR (via WPTV) · Palm Beach Post · NBC 6 · Fox News / Fox13 (Storyful) · Flightradar24 data via Simple Flying, BizJet Journal and Air Data News · AirNav Radar · Aviation Weather Center, Convective SIGMET 45E and NWS METAR KLNA (archive: Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA registry via BizJet Journal · 14 CFR 91.609 Photos: Learjet 60 N208BH by Piemags Aviation (CC BY-SA 4.0); Learjet 60 N876MA by Tomás Del Coro (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Same aircraft type, not the aircraft involved. Maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Natural Earth. Independent analysis. Not affiliated with the NTSB, the FAA or any company mentioned. Our thoughts are with the families of the nine people on board. #LearjetCrash #PalmBeach #NTSB