Small plane crashes in Florida residential area, killing all nine aboard
07:10, 2 November 2026
A Learjet 60 crashed in a residential neighborhood near Cresthaven, Florida, at approximately 12:50 p.m. ET, killing all nine people on board, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced on his X account, Qazinform News Agency reports.
According to Duffy, the aircraft departed from Austin, Texas, and was en route to the Bahamas when the crash occurred.
Video footage of the crash captured the aircraft plunging nose-first toward the ground before erupting into a massive fireball near a major roadway, with the impact leaving a crater at the crash site.
Earlier, it was reported 6 had been killed in a small plane crash in Wisconsin.