Investigators recover voice recorder from South Florida Learjet crash that killed 9

Investigators work at the scene of a private jet crash in Greenacres on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. A day earlier, the Bahamas-bound Learjet slammed into the ground and erupted in a fireball. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)Investigators said Monday they have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a business jet that plummeted from the sky amid severe weather in South Florida last week, killing all nine people on board.The recorder was found at the site where the Bahamas-bound Learjet slammed into the ground and erupted in a fireball Nov. 1, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement posted to social media.If data from the device can be recovered, it could provide crucial details about what the pilots said to each other as they encountered turbulence, ice formed on the wings and they lost control of the aircraft.ALSO READ: Dad of 20-year-old co-pilot in Learjet crash says final radio calls showed 'she's tough'It was not immediately known if the recorder had been damaged or if i