I've seen more than one pilot speculate that it was Mach Tuck.
2026-11-02 00:20:42
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James Murphy🇮🇪 :
Who was on-board?
2026-11-02 04:30:48
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SMT pulls wt :
@merccedess_: In case someone needs better understanding. Pilot here. Icing and moderate turbulence lead to a phenomenon called Mach tuck. It is common in Learjet 60’s and older Learjets. Essentially, you exceed the maximum airspeed at altitude and it is unrecoverable to the point that you continue to speed up while not being able to produce lift with your wings. Further description: (your coefficient of lift eventually moves too far behind the wing making it impossible to produce lift, this causes the aircraft to lose altitude like a falling dart, in turn gaining airspeed and crashing. All Pilots are aware of this, some just push too close to the maximum speed threshold, and when you experience clear air turbulence or other factors like icing that would push you too far past the maximum speed threshold without the capability to control the wing normally, this happens. Wrap up: icing changes the shape of the wing critically and adds weight to plane (double whammy, but mainly airflow issue over the wing), Learjets are vulnerable to over speed situations because of the type of wing is small, sleek, and unforgiving in the name of efficiency and performance, mix all of that together with moderate turbulence which can fluctuate your airspeed, this causes the aircraft to enter Mach tuck over speed condition. The result is a lawn dart scenario that you see here. Very sad.
2026-11-02 03:46:26
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ThomasHoward :
pilot reported icing, then precipitation, and requested an increase in altitude.
Early in the loss of control the pilot reported an overspeed dive.
IF the wings and control surfaces had a significant build up of ice the aircraft has a high potential to stall if a climb is attempted. IF the aircraft stalls with high throttle and ends up in a nose down orientation the aircraft can overspeed quickly and eliminate the possibility of pilot control. it's just nose down and disintegration from there.
2026-11-01 23:15:25
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Daniel :
Guys - aircraft engineer here… plane is made of aluminum… disintegrating lines up
2026-11-01 23:04:57
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jay :
presumed? bud, they ARE ATOMS NOW.
2026-11-01 23:28:55
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God’sGirl :
I think we should all take a moment to pray for the families.
2026-11-02 03:26:50
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2PacMarie :
I WANNA KNOW WHO WAS ON THE PLANE
2026-11-01 23:20:23
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Moongrrl187 :
The audio is horrible. I would have thought falling that fast they would if passed out. But she was very alert! So sad
2026-11-01 22:48:12
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jamesfthomas1975 :
The cockpit audio was horrific
2026-11-02 00:18:56
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Zurc :
how people saying its a missile expect a plane to crash
2026-11-02 03:07:14
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Shastadazee :
The audio was so devastating
2026-11-01 23:39:25
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themrsdix :
how is the audio already released to the public???
2026-11-02 01:38:29
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Rob Lopez :
Now everyone is an aviation expert! Man I love social media.
2026-11-01 23:54:19
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Immortal Kahuna :
That is not a terminal velocity fall !!
That thing was full throttle towards the ground. 😳
2026-11-01 22:58:31
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elcindora :
Turbulence reported. Updraft of warm wet air froze on wings at minus 25 degrees at altitude and wings had ice, thus no lift.
2026-11-01 23:14:47
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Merlin Faucet 🇺🇸 🇭🇷 :
The bots are going absolutely WILD commenting on these videos.
2026-11-01 23:39:02
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og Jerry :
what happened to the wings?
2026-11-01 22:35:21
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Mrs Kathy :
Looks like a missle to me
2026-11-01 23:12:48
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Clark Evans :
how did they release that audio so fast?
2026-11-01 23:38:42
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Dante & Vergil :
I’m betting the pilot flew into a conversion storm and the plane iced over, causing a tailplane stall. Really tragic
2026-11-02 00:33:20
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Mcdragthosedoors :
You can see the paint from the wing on the cement 🤦♂️
2026-11-02 03:23:57
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blessed3xs1 :
I wanna know who was on that dang plane
2026-11-02 00:27:36
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LouGrand :
Icing. The Lear 60 has the highest accident rate in its class. Is difficult to fly and very unforgiving
2026-11-02 01:28:18
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toco :
Brother just so you know the size of a bomb the size of a plane would be a whole lot bigger then that
2026-11-01 23:10:15
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