Chilling air traffic control recordings have captured the terrifying final moments aboard a Learjet 60 before it crashed near a mobile home park in South Florida, killing at least nine people.
“Holy f–k, we’re out of time,” a female crew member can be heard desperately shouting to air traffic control just seconds before the private jet plunged nose-first into the ground at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday.
Moments before the fatal crash, the pilot had contacted the Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center to report moderate turbulence and “light, clear ice that is manageable,” offering a haunting glimpse into the aircraft’s final moments.
The private jet, reportedly valued at $2 million, was traveling from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas when the flight suddenly took a terrifying turn.
As the aircraft rapidly lost altitude, the pilot issued a desperate “mayday” distress call to air traffic control.
“We’re descending 8,000 — mayday, mayday — we’re descending 10,000 feet per minute,” the pilot reported.
Moments earlier, she had warned, “We are in an overspeed condition, descending 20,000 feet per minute.”
With the jet plunging uncontrollably toward the ground, the pilot delivered one final, harrowing warning: “We’re going to crash into the ground,” before letting out a piercing scream.
A massive crater marks the site where a Learjet 60 crashed in Greenacres, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2026, killing nine people.
“November two bravo delta, I’m here with you, talk to me,” the air traffic controller urged as the aircraft rapidly lost altitude.
“We are descending 22,000 feet, and we are banking, 60 degrees … look outside,” a crew member responded, moments before delivering the flight’s chilling final message.
The private jet, reportedly valued at $2 million, was traveling from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas when it plunged into a mobile home community in Greenacres, leaving a devastating crash scene.
Disturbing footage captured the terrifying moment the private jet plunged nose-first into the ground, erupting into a massive fireball and leaving a large crater at the crash site.
The aircraft reportedly struck a tree and knocked down power lines before impact, producing an explosion so powerful that witnesses said it “sounded like a missile,” according to Aviation 24/7.
The devastating aftermath revealed the mangled wreckage of the Learjet and a damaged mobile home, approximately nine miles from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach County.
Law enforcement officers respond to the scene of the deadly Learjet 60 crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, just miles from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, on Nov. 1, 2026.
The crash site is also approximately four miles south of an airport in West Palm Beach, where Trump had departed more than an hour before the aircraft went down in flames, according to CNN.
Federal registration records identify the Learjet 60 as belonging to LR60271 LLC, a private company based in Wilmington, Delaware.
Authorities confirmed multiple fatalities but had not yet released an official death toll or determined how many people, including those on the ground, were injured or killed.
The devastating crash occurred in Greenacres, a South Florida community near Palm Springs known for its manufactured and mobile homes.
