Nine die in ‘cataclysmic’ Florida business jet crash
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tells reporters there appeared to be no casualties on the ground.
Nine people have died after a business jet crashed into a residential neighbourhood in South Florida, the United States.
All on board were killed in the crash, which US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described as a “horrific tragedy” in a post on X on Sunday.
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Federal Aviation Administration staff were on their way to the crash site to support a National Transportation Safety Board investigation into the incident, Duffy said.
Disturbing recordings in the plane’s cockpit shortly before the crash, retained by LiveATC.net, captured the pilot talking about “manageable” ice issues, before later saying the plane was rapidly losing altitude.
Shortly after, the panicked crew said, “We’re going to crash into the ground”.
The plane was a Learjet 60 – a popular business jet – heading from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas. Austin-Bergstrom International airport confirmed that the plane was a private jet, but not who was on board.
Videos of the incident circulating online appear to show the jet striking the ground at high speed and on a sharp angle, followed by a huge explosion.
Footage of the aftermath appears to show flames flickering around debris and chunks of pavement, with people milling around the area.
The plane looked to have fallen just metres from homes and cars, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters that there appeared to be no casualties on the ground.
Speaking from the scene, DeSantis described the crash as “cataclysmic” and said the plane “looked like a missile going down, and left a big crater on the side of the road”.
Does a business jet crashed without leaving any frame of the plane at all? No tail, no pieces of the jet body? Just a deep impact crater? No even the tail, or wing, even a small fragmentary piece?
ReplyDeletehttps://x.com/KEMOS4BE/status/2117034487309558268
ReplyDeletethe plane crash near Mar-a-Lago is a complete historical and statistical anomaly:
> Learjet 60s have existed for 33 years
> 3 fatal crashes on record: all on takeoff, approach, or landing
> then one fell from 35,000 feet near Mar-a-Lago
> 11 prior U.S. Learjet 60 accidents
> 6 on landing. 2 on approach. 1 on takeoff. 2 while taxiing.
> 0 en route
> worldwide: 3 prior fatal Learjet 60 crashes on record:
1. Brazil — 2022, overran the runway.
2. South Carolina — 2008, overran the runway on rejected takeoff.
3. Venezuela — 2013 struck terrain on landing approach.
> 0 fatal crashes from high altitude
> 0 crashes during cruising phase of flight
> oct 23 — NORAD confirms air defenses around Mar-a-Lago
> nov 1 — Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 goes into a dive from ~35,000 ft over South Florida
> closest tracked point to Mar-a-Lago — 3.9 miles away, still at ~21,000 ft
> hits the ground 5.7 miles from the estate
> ~27,000 ft gone in 65 seconds
> 13,000 of those feet gone in 20 seconds
> average over that stretch — 39,000 ft/min
> the tracker's vertical-speed readout tops out at 32,640
> closest same-model case I found was in 2023
> Learjet 60 at 41,000 ft near thunderstorms. crew loses pitch and roll control
> captain estimates 10,000 ft/min down, recovers at 38,500 ft. everyone lives
> the 3 previous fatal Learjet 60 crashes I could find worldwide killed 7 people combined
> this one killed 9
> first, most deadly, and only high-altitude Learjet crash in 33 years of service, within 4 miles of brand new short range air defense at Mar-a-Lago
bonus fact:
> In October 1980, a Learjet 25 pitched up and stalled at 45,000 ft over Missouri. Both engines flamed out. The jet began responding to the pilots again around 32,000 ft. They restarted the engines between 24,000 and 28,000 ft and landed in Wichita x.com/FaytuksNetwork…
These people and their symbolism...sheesh
ReplyDeletehttps://x.com/3dogsallright/status/2117268541137211430
How many people allegedly died? 9
What day of the month was it? 11
https://x.com/DrSomnambulant/status/2117261169069043789
ReplyDeleteThe story was wrapped up too quick as well. Real disasters take time to unwind as new information pops up here and there. We seemed to get everything at once with this supposed crash.
https://x.com/FlyingPatriot1/status/2117255893427396892
Well, that makes sense. There’s quite a few oddities here one the comments that the debris has a vaporized?? That’s garbage. Releasing the cockpit transmission within six hours. That is bullshit. The one consistent thing I’m seeing this morning, especially off of X is an attempt to set the narrative.