Nine die in ‘cataclysmic’ Florida business jet crash

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tells reporters there appeared to be no casualties on the ground.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-11-02 00:34查看原文 ↗

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tells reporters there appeared to be no casualties on the ground.

Flames rise following an aircraft incident in Palm Beach County, Florida, US, on November 1, 2026, in this still image taken from video [Eduin Cruz/Reuters]

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”.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters from the scene of the crash [Saul Martinez/Getty Images/AFP]

佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯告诉记者，地面上似乎没有人员伤亡。

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美国佛罗里达州南部一架商务喷气式飞机坠毁在居民区，造成9人死亡。

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达菲表示，联邦航空管理局的工作人员正在赶往坠机现场，以支持国家运输安全委员会对该事件的调查。

LiveATC.net 保留了飞机坠毁前不久在驾驶舱内录制的令人不安的录音，录音中飞行员谈到“可控的”结冰问题，之后又说飞机正在迅速下降高度。

随后，惊慌失措的机组人员说：“我们要坠毁了。”

这架飞机是一架里尔60型公务机，从德克萨斯州奥斯汀飞往巴哈马。奥斯汀-伯格斯特国际机场证实这是一架私人飞机，但没有透露机上人员信息。