A business jet carrying nine people crashed in Florida, and all nine people on board were killed, officials said.

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2 Nov 202618 outlets

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A carrying nine people crashed on Sunday afternoon, 1 November 2026, in a residential neighbourhood of Palm Beach County, Florida, killing everyone on board. The aircraft was flying from Texas to the Bahamas and came down on a roadway near Cresthaven, hitting the ground at a steep descent and bursting into flames; reports say it narrowly missed homes. The US publicly confirmed the death toll, and the crash has been described by officials as 'cataclysmic'. Investigators are expected to examine the flight's final descent profile and the aircraft's engines and crew records.

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The core claim — nine dead in a Florida business-jet crash — rests on on-record statements from the US transport secretary and local officials, reported consistently across Sky News, NBC, CBS, the Guardian and others, so it is solid as stated. Details circulating alongside it, such as the aircraft type (Learjet 60), the Texas-to-Bahamas route and the pilot's identity and age, come from secondary reporting and official briefings rather than a published accident report; the definitive account will come from the NTSB/FAA investigation.

A business jet carrying nine people crashed in Florida, and all nine people on board were killed, officials said.

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