Timeline of Learjet crash that killed Austin family traces final minutes from takeoff to Florida plunge

Fox News · Adam Sabes, Ashley Papa · 2026-11-05 11:00 UTC

Air traffic control audio captures the doomed Learjet crew's final words before the fatal crash in Greenacres, Florida, after icing and turbulence.

Air traffic control audio and flight tracking data are revealing the doomed Learjet's final minutes, tracing its path from takeoff in Austin, Texas, to its fatal plunge in Greenacres, Florida, where all nine people on board were killed.

Taken together, the records depict a flight crew contending with turbulence and icing before initiating a climb, only to experience an abrupt and violent descent almost immediately afterward, along with an overspeed warning and an in-flight breakup that investigators have yet to fully explain.

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