Summary:
- Chilling ATC Audio With Pilot: "Declare An Emergency"
- N722BD was headed for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas
- Learjet 60 (N722BD) Crashes In Palm Beach County, Florida
ATC Audio
00:00 | Pilot: "Seven two two Bravo Delta, we're descending eight thousand. Mayday, mayday, we're descending ten thousand feet per minute."
00:06 | ATC: "November seven two two Bravo Delta, roger. Declare an emergency."
00:10 | Pilot: "Seven two two Bravo Delta, we are in an emergency condition, descending twenty thousand feet per minute."
00:16 | ATC: "November seven two two Bravo Delta, roger. [Unclear caption] at your discretion. Let me know what you need."
00:28 | Pilot: "We're gonna crash into the ground."
00:32 | ATC: "November two Bravo Delta, I'm here with you."
00:35 | Pilot: "We are descending twenty-two thousand feet, and we are banking sixty degrees."
00:51 | Speaker uncertain: "Two Bravo Delta, roger. We're outside, we're outside!"
Dramatic Footage Shows Private Jet Crashing In Palm Beach County
A Learjet 60 (N722BD), registered to LR60271 LLC, based in Wilmington, Delaware, crashed in a residential area of Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday afternoon while flying from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas.
Flightradar24 reports:
We're following reports of an aircraft crash near Palm Beach, Florida. Based on ADS-B data, it appears that the involved aircraft is N722BD, a Learjet 60. Last data from the aircraft was at altitude 8,750 ft. Max vertical speed was more than -32,000 fpm.
The Learjet departed Austin at 15:37 bound for the Bahamas, climbing to a cruising altitude of 41,000 feet. At 17:35 near Naples, FL, the aircraft began a descent down to 35,000 feet. At 17:48, the aircraft briefly climbed, before entering a steep, righthand descent.
The crash site is just four miles south of the West Palm Beach airport, which was renamed for President Donald Trump earlier this year. Trump had departed aboard Air Force One a little more than an hour before the crash.
CNN cites the Federal Aviation Administration, which said the private jet had nine people on board when it crashed.
ATC audio:
Dramatic footage of the crash:
Footage of the aftermath:
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