Dashcam captures fatal Learjet crash on Florida roadway

WUSA9 reports that nine people died aboard a private jet traveling from Austin to the Bahamas, with federal investigators examining the crash.

Channel: WUSA9 Story of November 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 360,006 views a day, 831 times a normal first day on this channel (433).

Deadly plane crash caught on camera in Florida

WUSA9's anchors give a warning before showing the dashcam footage: a Learjet descends onto a roadway in Palm Beach County, Florida, and bursts into flames. All nine people aboard were killed, the station reports.

The Short, titled "Deadly plane crash caught on camera in Florida," had drawn more than 300,000 views within 17 hours, far beyond the Washington station's usual audience for a Short.

The report traces the flight from Austin, Texas, toward the Bahamas. According to the anchors, the pilot reported ice building up on the aircraft, then radioed that it was falling rapidly. Those reports describe the moments before the crash, but do not establish its cause. The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

WUSA9 has also posted a separate update on the investigation, reporting that weather is a major focus as crews recover wreckage. That follow-up moves beyond the dashcam recording to the work of determining what happened to the aircraft.

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The numbers

The dashcam report reached an audience far larger than WUSA9's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

433

this video

360,006

subscribers

633,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

581,383,775

views per day

255,988

typical day: 457,792

the video

views

308,065

likes

814

comments

388

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

FOX 5 Washington DC

664,000

East Idaho News

637,000

WUSA9

633,000

CBS Chicago

632,000

NBC 6 South Florida

632,000

CityNews

603,000

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.