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Residents describe moment Learjet plummets and explodes in Florida mobile home park: ‘Everything was on fire’

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Hussain, Z. (2026, November 2). Residents describe moment Learjet plummets and explodes in Florida mobile home park: ‘Everything was on fire’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/us-news/residents-describe-moment-learjet-plummets-and-explodes-in-florida-mobile-home-park-everything-was-on-fire/

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-02 · by Zoe Hussain

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Anthony Blackmon and Roger Forcelle, residents near Greenacres, Florida, described the moment a Learjet 60 crashed and exploded around 1:25 p.m. Sunday, killing all nine people aboard. Blackmon said debris hit his house and everything was on fire, while Forcelle felt the plane shake his home moments before hearing the crash less than half a mile away. The jet, valued at $2 million, left significant damage and smoke visible from afar; no ground injuries were reported despite about 600 people needing to evacuate. Federal investigators are now examining the site.
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Story summary

A Learjet 60 private jet crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, on Sunday, November 1, killing all nine people on board. The plane had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was heading for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas when it suddenly nosedived at speeds exceeding its design limits. Videos circulating on social media showed a massive fireball upon impact near residential areas. Air traffic control recordings revealed the pilot's last words: "We’re descending 8,000 - mayday, mayday." The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

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Zoe Hussain
91 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 “I’ve always seen it on the news, never thought it would happen so close to somebody like how it happened today.”
🔮 Joel Flores, Palm Beach County Commissioner for District 3, said his main concern was ensuring affected residents have shelter and food by nightfall and said nearby businesses would be “shut down for the near future.” “Right now our priority is evacuating the adjacent community right behind.
🔮 It’s OK,” a deputy could be heard telling the youngster as he plucks him out of the body of water.
🔮 “I would strongly advise anyone else thinking of posting a “joke” along these lines to think twice,” Chitwood wrote on social media.
🔮 The claims involving the damaged tankers could not be verified.
🔮 “May this humanitarian mission end the suffering and begin a new chapter of durable peace between Russia and Ukraine,” she wrote on X on Thursday, before the crucial evacuation operation was under way.
🔮 The NTSB will lead the investigation and provide further updates, the FAA said.
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🔮 “There has to be actual prejudice,” responded Assistant Attorney General Kaitlin Vigars regarding what would warrant her disqualification from the investigation. “You would agree with me,” the judge said, “that it’s not proper for a prosecutor to make those statements?”
🔮 Arab parties, which are projected to have won about 19 of the 120 seats in Israel’s parliament following Tuesday’s vote, strongly denied fraud allegations.
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Topics

Austin Bahamas Greenacres NBC6 the Learjet 60

Subjects

DeSantis PERSON · 2× Forcelle PERSON · 2× Anthony Blackmon PERSON · 1× Austin GPE · 1× Bahamas GPE · 1× Blackmon PERSON · 1× Greenacres GPE · 1× NBC6 ORG · 1× Roger Forcelle PERSON · 1× Texas GPE · 1×

Narrative

The jet’s forceful impact left debris strewn over a “significant distance,” forcing roughly 600 people, including those in an adjacent mobile home park, to evacuate as federal investigators begin investigating the scene. “Right now our priority is evacuating the adjacent community right behind.
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🔮 “I’ve always seen it on the news, never thought it would happen so close to somebody like how it happened today.”

Claims (20 extracted, 2 hedged)

Local Anthony Blackmon told NBC6 he was about 500 feet from the Learjet 60 when it plummeted straight to the Earth and erupted into a fireball in Greenacres around 1:25 p.m. Sunday. asserted
it → tell → 1:25
Debris hit my house. asserted
Debris → hit → house
The road was on fire,” Blackmon told the outlet. asserted
Blackmon → tell → outlet
“I’ve always seen it on the news, never thought it would happen so close to somebody like how it happened today.” asserted
it → see → somebody
Another nearby resident, Roger Forcelle, said he felt the Bahamas-bound aircraft, believed to be worth $2 million, pass over his house moments before the terrifying crash. asserted
aircraft → say → crash
“It shook the whole house. asserted
It → shake → house
It went right over us and crashed probably less than half a mile from where I live,” Forcelle said. asserted
Forcelle → go → us
“Everybody came out of their houses because you could feel it shaking.” uncertain
it → come → houses
Forcelle said he saw a massive cloud of smoke rising from the area, and he couldn’t return home after leaving to run errands. asserted
he → say → errands
Another resident said it “looked like a meteor hit the ground” after the jet — which took off from Austin, Texas — smashed into a roadway. asserted
which → say → roadway
All nine people on board were killed in the crash, Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy confirmed. asserted
Duffy → kill → crash
Miraculously, there have not yet been any reports of people on the ground who were killed or injured, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. uncertain
who → kill → DeSantis
A shocking dashcam video captured the jet rapidly plummeting into the ground and exploding into a massive plume of fire and smoke. asserted
jet → capture → fire
A pilot aboard the doomed plane was also heard in air traffic control audio uttering the last words, “holy f–k, we’re out of time” before crashing. asserted
we → doom → time
The jet’s forceful impact left debris strewn over a “significant distance,” forcing roughly 600 people, including those in an adjacent mobile home park, to evacuate as federal investigators begin investigating the scene. “Right now our priority is evacuating the adjacent community right behind. asserted
priority → leave → community
We have about 600 people that we have to make sure have shelter tonight, food,” Joel Flores, Palm Beach County Commissioner for District 3, said at a press conference Sunday evening. asserted
Flores → have → conference
DeSantis described the plane crash as “cataclysmic” and a “tragic way to see people pass away.” asserted
people → describe → crash
It looked like a missile going down. asserted
It → look → missile
It left a big crater on the side of the road,” DeSantis told reporters. asserted
DeSantis → leave → reporters
The National Transportation Safety Board said it has initiated a “go-team” to arrive on the scene on Sunday night and Monday morning. asserted
it → say → night
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