Flight records identify the aircraft in the Florida crash
Flight data and early crash reports identify the aircraft as a Learjet 60. Two fact-checkers used those records to check posts that called it a missile.
The viral claim
A viral video shows a missile striking Florida on 1 November.
How we reached the verdict
The dashcam footage alone makes the object's shape hard to judge. Flight tracking and the investigators' identification tie the footage to a specific aircraft and flight. That evidence addresses what crashed. The cause is a separate question.
Sources
- AAP FactCheck · Reporting
- AFP Fact Check · Reporting
- FakeOut · Discovery