'Never getting in those planes again': Are private jets more dangerous than commercial aircraft? Experts weigh in following terrifying Florida crash

 

11:38 GMT 05 Nov 2026, updated 11:40 GMT 05 Nov 2026

By ERIN DEBORAH WAKS, TRAVEL WRITER

A private jet crash in Palm Beach County, Florida claimed the lives of all nine people on board on Sunday, November 1.

The family trip from Austin, Texas, ended in a terrifying high-speed plunge onto a road, where the $2million (£1.49million) business Bombardier Learjet 60 erupted into a blinding