A Learjet 60 business jet crashed in a residential area near Cresthaven, in the Greenacres area of Palm Beach County, Florida, at about 12:50 p.m. local time on Sunday, erupting in a fireball beside a major roadway and leaving a crater in the pavement just short of homes. The aircraft had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed that all nine people on board were killed; whether anyone on the ground was hurt was not yet known, and the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation into the cause.
Learjet crash in Palm Beach County kills all nine on board
A Learjet 60 flying from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas crashed into a residential area near Greenacres in Palm Beach County, Florida, at about 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed.
Why it matters: The jet came down beside a mobile home park and a major road, and whether anyone on the ground was hurt was still unconfirmed on Sunday afternoon; the NTSB-led investigation will set the facts for one of the deadliest US business-jet accidents in years.
Data as of Sky News report of November 1, 2026, read in full in this run, reporting Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's confirmation that all nine on board died and the FAA's account of the Austin to North Eleuthera flight; Russian wire reports of the crash in the feed pool carried the same death toll. Ground casualties were unconfirmed as of Sunday afternoon and the cause is unknown. Developing item.
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