Federal Investigation Opened Into Deadly Florida Plane Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into a Learjet 60 crash in Florida that killed everyone on board, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Sunday that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched an investigation into a deadly plane crash in Florida, The Hill reported. According to that report, all people on board were killed.
The Hill reported that the crash occurred at about 12:50 p.m. Eastern, when a Learjet 60 went down in a neighborhood near Cresthaven, Fla. The aircraft had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, according to the same outlet. The available summary of the report ends mid-sentence while describing the flight's route, so the planned destination is not stated in the material reviewed for this story.
The Hill's reporting, as summarized here, does not give a cause for the crash, the number of people aboard, or the identities of those who died. The report was written by Ryan Mancini and published on Monday, November 2, 2026, in coordinated universal time.
Sources: The Hill: Federal probe launched into deadly Florida plane crash.