Witnesses recount the moments a Bahamas-bound private jet from Texas crashed at a Palm Beach neighborhood

Updated on: November 2, 2026 / 11:36 AM CST / CBS Miami.

A private business jet traveling from Texas to the Bahamas plunged nearly 9,000 feet in seconds and slammed into a busy roadway in Palm Beach County, erupting into a massive fireball that left a crater in the street, killed all of the passengers on board, and forced roughly 600 nearby residents from their homes, officials and witnesses said.

The Learjet 60, registered in Delaware, was carrying nine people from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas when the crew began reporting severe weather and turbulence.