Video taking off 306x its usual first day

Cockpit recorder recovered from fatal Greenacres Learjet crash

WPBF 25 News reports the device has reached a Washington laboratory, where investigators will try to recover its recordings.

Channel:

WPBF 25 News Story of November 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 349,005 views a day, 306 times a normal first day on this channel (1,139).

NTSB recovers cockpit voice recorder from Learjet 60 crash in Florida

The search has moved indoors. Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Learjet 60 crash in Greenacres, Florida, and sent it to the NTSB's Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C., WPBF 25 News reports.

The recovery gives investigators a potential source of information beyond radio transmissions. Aviation expert and former Navy pilot John Gagliano explains that the recorder captures cockpit conversations, checklists and crew observations that may never have been heard outside the aircraft. Whether those recordings can be extracted depends on the survival of the internal components.

As we reported here, excavation had continued at the crash site after investigators cleared outer search areas. In this report, Ari Hait says the on-site work has wrapped up, and shows NTSB photographs of the recovered device. The November 1 crash killed nine people.

The update drew about 346,000 views in its first 23 hours, far beyond the station's usual opening day for a Short. Viewers' questions center on whether the recorder could withstand the impact and whether usable recordings remain inside, the distinction Gagliano emphasizes in the report.

Anchor Felicia Rodriguez also reports that residents of a nearby mobile home park can return home, while temporary housing is being provided for people who remain displaced.

Published on Trari