Investigators Retrieve Learjet’s Cockpit Recorder After Florida Crash

WHO:

WPBF - John Gagliano, a former Navy pilot and licensed aviation lawyer, said cockpit conversations could offer insight into the crash.

WPBF - Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras transmitted updates to air traffic control as the aircraft malfunctioned.

NY Post - The Learjet’s crew is referenced; the article does not give the crew members’ names.

Fox News - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recovered the cockpit voice recorder.

WHAT:

WPBF - The crash killed all nine people aboard.

WPBF - The NTSB released photos of the recorder’s orange case and took the device to its Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C., for analysis.

WPBF - Filgueiras said in a transmission, “We are descending from 22,000 feet,” and, “And we are banking.”

WPBF - Gagliano said it was uncertain whether the recordings were intact, though the devices are designed to survive impacts.

WPBF - Excavation at the impact site was completed; residents of a nearby mobile-home park were allowed to return, while displaced residents unable to return because of damage received temporary housing.

WPBF - Military Trail remained closed between 10th Avenue North and Cresthaven Boulevard.

NY Post - The aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder was recovered from the wreck.

NY Post - The recorder captures cockpit sounds, including pilot conversations, radio transmissions, and audio alerts.

Fox News - The NTSB recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Learjet 60 crash site.

Fox News - Investigators are probing the cause of the incident.

WHERE:

Fox News - The crash site was near Greenacres, Florida.

(UPDATED November 10, 2026 13:01 UTC)

Investigators recovered the Learjet’s cockpit voice recorder after a crash near Greenacres, Florida, killed nine. Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras reported descending and banking as the aircraft malfunctioned. The recorder is headed to a laboratory for analysis, as investigators probe the cause.

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(UPDATED November 10, 2026 04:06 UTC)

Investigators recovered the Learjet’s cockpit voice recorder from the crash site near Greenacres, Florida. It captures cockpit sounds, including pilot conversations, radio transmissions, and alerts. The National Transportation Safety Board is probing what caused the crash.