Reviewed file photo — DCAllStar / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Unaltered NTSB headquarters photograph, 5 April 2026; institutional context, not the crash site or current investigation.
NTSB finds signs of midair breakup before Florida Learjet crash
Investigators have not determined the cause of Sunday’s crash, which killed nine people.
Investigators have evidence that a Learjet 60 began breaking apart before it hit the ground in Greenacres, Florida, NTSB member Tom Chapman said at a November 2 briefing, independently reported by AeroTime and WPLG Local 10. He did not identify which components may have separated.
The November 1 crash killed all nine people aboard the flight from Austin to the Bahamas. Investigators are examining weather, aircraft systems and communications, without a final determination of the cause. The photograph shows NTSB headquarters in April 2026, not the crash site.
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