BREAKING — WATCH: Nine Killed in Palm Beach County Jet Crash (Video)

All nine people aboard a private Learjet 60 died in Sunday’s Palm Beach County crash, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, according to the Associated Press. The November 1 accident near Cresthaven was captured on video. Officials have confirmed the loss of everyone aboard, but have not established what caused the aircraft to fall.

WATCH: Video captures the Palm Beach County jet crash

Viewer discretion advised: this video shows a fatal crash and fire. The BNO News post is embedded below. Mediaite’s coverage also identifies footage shared by local station CBS12, including recordings of the impact and aftermath. The images provide a view of the disaster from the ground. They cannot resolve what was happening aboard the aircraft or substitute for a formal investigation. Some early video captions were written before officials announced the fatalities.

A Bahamas-bound flight ends in Florida

The FAA says the Learjet 60 left Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas. It crashed in a residential area near Cresthaven at approximately 12:50 p.m. local time. Nine people were aboard. The agency describes these details as preliminary and says the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation. The crash location should not be confused with the aircraft’s intended destination.

What is known about the aircraft

An Austin airport spokesperson identified the aircraft as N722BD in AP reporting carried by the San Francisco Chronicle. The FAA registry entry lists that registration as a Learjet 60, serial number 271, registered to LR60271 LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. A registered owner is not a passenger list, and it does not establish who was operating or traveling on a particular flight. The registry itself warns that its information is not a basis for determining airworthiness. We have not independently confirmed the victims’ identities or a passenger-and-crew breakdown.

The neighborhood response and unanswered casualty questions

NBC6’s developing coverage reports a fireball, smoke and a road closure along Military Trail between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North. Authorities asked motorists to take another route. Whether anyone on the ground was injured remained unclear in the reporting reviewed for this article. That distinction matters: confirmation that everyone aboard died does not establish that no one else was harmed. It also does not establish additional deaths. The surrounding damage and local casualty assessment need separate confirmation.

Why early accounts differ

Several initial reports established only that nine people were aboard. Later coverage added Duffy’s confirmation that all nine died. That is a developing timeline, rather than evidence that nine people survived or that a passenger count was itself a death toll. Flight-tracking accounts also describe a steep descent, while some outlets discuss storms nearby. Neither observation establishes a cause. We are withholding exact descent speeds and unverified audio, and will report a cause only with clear attribution to findings or other substantiated evidence.

Jimmy’s Take

The first task here is straightforward: keep the reporting accurate as the facts develop. A video of the impact is powerful evidence of what people on the ground witnessed, but it leaves the central investigative question unanswered. We should be equally clear about what has been confirmed and what still requires an official answer. For now, the story is the loss of nine lives, an emergency response in a residential community and an investigation that has only begun. The next useful update will add verified information about the victims, people and property on the ground, or the sequence that led to the crash.