NEW DETAILS: Florida Jet BREAKING APART Before Crash, NTSB Says, As 20-Year-Old's Mayday REVEALED

NEW DETAILS: The NTSB says there are signs this Learjet was breaking up before it hit a busy Florida road, killing all nine people on board, including two young children. Less than 30 seconds after the crew was cleared to climb, a 20-year-old co-pilot was calling mayday. Her last words to the controller: "We're gonna crash into the ground." The controller's reply went unanswered: "I'm here with you. Talk to me."

The NTSB has not determined a cause. Statements about the tail and the weather are early findings and expert opinions, not conclusions.

In this report

• The new NTSB findings: signs of a breakup before impact and a debris field half a mile long
• The full timeline: ice, turbulence, a climb request and a mayday
• A dive of more than 32,000 feet per minute
• The tail theory, the storm cell and the cockpit recorder that may not have been on board
• Who was flying? What the NTSB says it still does not know
• The NASA chief who defended the co-pilot and the NFL player who flew with the same crew
• Who was on board and the 600 people who needed shelter

Jump to a chapter

1. 00:00 The crash
2. 00:45 "I'm here with you"
3. 01:23 The flight
4. 02:05 Ice at 35,000 feet
5. 02:39 The climb and the mayday
6. 03:47 Where it came down
7. 04:24 Who was on board
8. 05:00 The pilots
9. 05:48 Her last calls
10. 06:30 The NASA chief and Joe Mixon
11. 07:11 Who was flying?
12. 07:42 The newest finding
13. 08:39 The tail and the storm
14. 09:16 The black box
15. 10:11 What happens now

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