KTLA follows Learjet emergency calls with evidence from crash site

Gene Kang's report combines radio transmissions, investigators' early findings and a tribute to the co-pilot killed in the Florida crash.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,099,094 views a day, 64 times a normal first day on this channel (17,100).

More details emerge in Florida Learjet crash that killed 9

KTLA 5 reporter Gene Kang warns viewers before playing the emergency radio calls and dashcam footage of the Learjet crash in Palm Beach County, Florida. All nine people aboard died.

The report moves from the aircraft's rapid descent to the scattered wreckage investigators are examining. Thomas Chapman of the National Transportation Safety Board says: "We do have some indication that the aircraft was breaking up before impact." That is an early finding about what happened to the jet, not an explanation of what caused the crash.

Kang also shows photographs of the co-pilot and recounts her mother's words about her daughter's ambition to fly, giving the report a personal focus beyond the emergency recordings.

The upload drew more than half a million views in eight hours, far beyond KTLA's usual first-day audience for a regular video. Other KTLA reports on the crash also attracted unusually large audiences, including Eric Spillman's overview and a separate Kang report on the radio audio and investigation.

Kang closes this report at the damaged crash perimeter, noting the evacuation of nearby mobile homes.

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The numbers

This report and several other KTLA uploads about the crash reached audiences well above the channel's usual start.

the video's first day

usual first day here

17,100

this video

1,099,094

subscribers

1,520,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,862,484,235

views per day

423,493

typical day: 1,837,325

the video

views

526,428

likes

1,984

comments

779

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

WFAA

2,190,000

KTLA 5

1,520,000

FOX 11 Los Angeles

1,370,000

CBS New York

1,200,000

CBS LA

1,160,000

FOX 13 Tampa Bay

1,080,000

As of November 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.