Greenacres, United States: Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a Learjet 60 that crashed near Greenacres, Florida, on 1 November 2026, killing all nine people on board.
In an update issued on 9 November, the NTSB said the cockpit voice recorder was located at the aircraft’s initial impact site. The device has been taken to the agency’s Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C., for evaluation. The agency also confirmed that excavation work at the impact site has been completed.
The aircraft was operated by Aurora Aviation, doing business as Upper Jet. According to the NTSB, the flight lost radar and radio contact while travelling from Austin Bergstrom International Airport in Texas to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas.
The recovery of the cockpit voice recorder follows several days of investigative and wreckage recovery operations. In an update on 8 November, the NTSB said investigators had recovered and identified components from both wings, both engines, the flight deck, the vertical and horizontal stabilisers, the left elevator, sections of the ailerons and multiple flap track assemblies.
Some of the recovered components have been sent to NTSB laboratories in Washington, D.C., for further examination. The agency said recovering all available wreckage is important to determining the cause of the crash.
The investigation remains ongoing. The NTSB has cautioned that the information released so far is preliminary and subject to change.
