Video taking off 12x its usual first day

Florida Learjet report pairs distress call with flight-path reconstruction

9 News Australia's Lauren Tomasi brings together emergency audio, footage of the impact and the governor's account of the roadside aftermath.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 114,989 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (9,632).

Private jet plummets to ground, killing all nine people on board | 9 News Australia

The intended journey runs from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas. In Lauren Tomasi's report for 9 News Australia, a map of that route gives way to emergency radio audio as the Learjet descends over Florida.

All nine people aboard died in the crash near West Palm Beach, as we reported here. This short report brings the flight's final moments alongside dashcam footage of the impact and bystander recordings showing burning debris and a crater extending into the road and pavement.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says there were no reports of anyone on the ground being killed or injured. He also suggests something happened in the air, while stressing that an investigation will follow. His remarks do not establish what caused the crash.

The upload has reached about 108,000 views before its first full day is over, far beyond the channel's usual audience for a Short. Among the questions viewers raise are whether flight recorders could survive the impact and how investigators recover evidence from such extensive destruction.

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