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Victims of Florida plane crash include a 20-year-old who got her pilot’s license as a teen

Investigators are examining icing and turbulence after the Learjet plunged from 35,000 feet, killing all nine people aboard, officials said.

  • On Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, a Learjet 60 bound for the Bahamas crashed near Greenacres, Florida, killing all nine people aboard, including tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife, and their two young children.
  • Air traffic control recordings show the crew reported managing ice and moderate turbulence at 35,000 feet before declaring a Mayday as the aircraft descended at 10,000 to 20,000 feet per minute.
  • Co-Pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, had logged over 1,300 flight hours; other victims included Robinson's wife Helen Sharp, their children Emma and Charlie, their nanny, and two friends.
  • Authorities evacuated approximately 600 residents from a nearby mobile home community following the crash, though officials reported no fatalities on the ground aside from one leg injury.
  • The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash, including evidence the aircraft may have begun breaking apart before impact.
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In the final moments before a private jet crashed in Florida, a heartbreaking call rang out from the cockpit: "We're running out of time." The crew had previously warned of icing and moderate turbulence, before the plane reportedly began losing altitude at a rate of more than 20,000 feet per minute. All nine people on board died in the crash, including a young copilot, a businessman with his family, and their nanny.

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They apparently wanted to go on vacation in the Bahamas together, but their private jet crashed across Florida on a broad day. Who are the nine inmates who died on Sunday?

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Entrepreneur, wife and two younger children, the nanny of the children and two friends would be the passengers of the private jet that crashed this Sunday in Florida. Among the victims are still the two pilots of the device.

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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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