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"Light, clear ice that is manageable." That's what the crew of the business jet that crashed in Florida told controllers at 12:47 p.m. Sunday, the NTSB just said. Minutes later came a mayday call, an overspeed warning and a rapid fall. Via @contrailnews
🚨 A small aircraft (XB-AZG) has crashed onto El Tezontle Avenue in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Emergency crews rushed to the scene, with preliminary reports indicating two fatalities. ✈️
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"Light, clear ice that is manageable." That's what the crew of the business jet that crashed in Florida told controllers at 12:47 p.m. Sunday, the NTSB just said.
Minutes later came a mayday call, an overspeed warning and a rapid fall. All nine people on board were killed.
Investigators are speaking now.
🚨⚠️ NOT an official cause of crash. Aircraft mechanic: @Steve08_26 "Icing which resulted in some sort of stall, structural failure and subsequent separation of the horizontal stabilizer during the nosedive which would explain their inability to arrest the extreme decent rate."
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Live updates from the NTSB briefing, plus the plane's final minutes: thecontrail.org/florida-lear…
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🚨 A cyberattack is spreading across Europe, country by country, and nobody has claimed it yet.
So far it's hit supermarket freezers in seven countries. Airports and airlines are still running normally for now, and we're watching closely for any impact on flights.
What's been hit so far, link below 👇
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"I'm here with you. Talk to me."
That's what an air traffic controller told the Learjet crew as the plane fell toward Florida, according to the radio recordings.
Yesterday my grandfather told me what it's like to be on that end of the radio. Investigators brief reporters at 1 p.m. today.
After today's jet crash in Florida, I asked my grandfather what it's like to be on the other end of the radio when a plane goes down. He spent 25 years in New York air traffic control.
"You never forget it, Zach. I've heard final words a couple of times."
What he told me, and the save nobody ever heard about 👇
🚨 LearJet Crash in Greenacres, Florida on CrashAtlas. Latest details and videos 👇
crashatlas.com/incident/2026…
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She was 20. She earned her pilot's license at 17, before she could even drive, and dreamed of flying for an airline one day.
Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras was reportedly the co-pilot of the Learjet that crashed in Florida on Sunday, one of nine people killed.
Investigators brief reporters at 1 p.m. today. 🙏
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NTSB is launching a go-team to investigate Sunday’s crash of a Learjet 60 airplane in Lake Worth Beach, Florida. Investigators are arriving at the accident site today and tomorrow morning. Media briefing will be held in West Palm Beach on Monday. Time and location to be announced here Monday morning.
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🚨 Learjet 60 crashes in Greenacres, Florida
A Learjet 60 (N722BD) departing Austin crashed into a mobile home park in Greenacres, near Military Trail and 10th Avenue North, after a rapid vertical descent.
Our ADS-B data recorded a descent exceeding 32,000 feet per minute before impact.
📹 Video: @Runway_Report12
Flight data: airnavradar.go.link/cITxu
#Learjet #FlightEmergency #Greenacres #Florida
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His full story, including the time he stopped a plane from landing at the wrong airport: thecontrail.org/what-air-tra…
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After today's jet crash in Florida, I asked my grandfather what it's like to be on the other end of the radio when a plane goes down. He spent 25 years in New York air traffic control.
"You never forget it, Zach. I've heard final words a couple of times."
What he told me, and the save nobody ever heard about 👇
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🚨A Learjet 60 (N722BD) has reportedly crashed into a mobile home park in Greenacres, Florida.
Our ADS-B data shows the aircraft descending at over 32,000 feet per minute before impact. Multiple fatalities have been reported.
📹: @Runway_Report12
Flight data: airnavradar.go.link/cITxu
#Learjet #FlightEmergency #Emergency
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The NTSB will take the lead on this one. Its preliminary report usually comes out within about a month, but a final cause typically takes a year or more.
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The jet that crashed in Florida today was dropping at up to 32,000 feet per minute.
That's about 360 mph, straight down. A normal descent is around 2,000.
Here's what that number actually means, and what investigators will look at next 👇
