Icing, Turbulence Possible Factors In Fatal Learjet 60 Crash

NTSB Learjet crash Nov 2 2026
NTSB Member Tom Chapman, with investigator-in-charge Timothy Monville (left), briefs the press Nov. 2 on the fatal Learjet 60 crash.
 
Credit: NTSB
Weather conditions at altitude, icing, turbulence and possible structural failure are among factors the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans to focus on as it investigates the Nov. 1 Learjet 60 crash in near Greenacres, Florida, which killed all nine on board. Dashcam video of the...
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