NTSB publishes first briefing on Palm Beach Learjet crash
Tom Chapman's update draws a substantial audience directly to the federal accident investigation agency's official channel.
Why this story? The whole channel is running at 363,086 views a day, 117 times a normal day (3,109).
NTSB Media Briefing 1 - Palm Beach County, FL Learjet 60 Airplane Crash (Nov. 2, 2026)
Tom Chapman's first media briefing on the Palm Beach County Learjet crash has reached about 385,000 views on NTSBgov, bringing an unusually large audience to the agency's own account of the investigation.
Published November 2, the briefing concerns the Learjet 60 crash that occurred the previous day. It sits alongside a sharp rise in viewing across the channel, which added roughly 360,000 views in a day rather than its usual few thousand.
The NTSB is an independent federal agency that investigates transportation accidents, including aviation crashes. This upload gives viewers its first briefing from board member Chapman, rather than a news outlet's selection of excerpts.
The channel's other recent uploads show the range of that work: a school-bus crash safety recap, a rail-safety press briefing and footage from a cargo-plane runway excursion in Miami.
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Where next?
The videos drawing views on NTSBgov right now
NTSB Safety Recap: School Bus Roadway Departure and Overturn near Mil…1,320 views · 2026-10-15
NTSB Safety Recap: School Bus Roadway Departure and Overturn near Mil…4,129 views · 2026-09-29
NTSB Press Briefing - Strengthening Rail Safety5,489 views · 2026-09-22
NTSB B-Roll - Miami, Florida, Boeing 767 Cargo Plane Runway Excursion…157,729 views · 2026-09-09
- Channel
- NTSBgov
- Subscribers
- 114,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 378,483
- Channel views, pace per day
- 363,086 (on a normal day: 3,109)
The numbers
Daily views on NTSBgov rose far above their usual level alongside the Palm Beach briefing.


