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Victims of Florida plane crash include a 20-year-old who got her pilot’s license as a teen
The Learjet lost altitude after the pilot declared an emergency, and investigators said evidence shows the aircraft may have broken up before impact.
- On Sunday, a Learjet traveling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas crashed and exploded near West Palm Beach, Greenacres, Fla., killing all nine people on board.
- The pilot reported ice accumulation and turbulence at 35,000 feet before declaring an emergency, radioing that the jet was descending at 20,000 feet per minute.
- Family members identified Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, a 20-year-old pilot, as the copilot among the nine fatalities, with her father, Allan Filgueiras, confirming the detail to NBC Miami.
- National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said evidence indicates the aircraft broke up before impact on Sunday, noting that investigators may find parts at a distance.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited the crash site, describing the incident as a 'cataclysmic plane crash' that left a massive crater on the side of the road.
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Flight crash leaves 9 dead in Florida The National Transportation Security Council (NTSB) sees evidence that the private plane that fell, on Sunday (1st), in Palm Beach, Florida, in the United States fell before the impact with the ground. Nine people died at the time, being two crew members and seven passengers. Among them, co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20 years old, daughter of Brazilians, according to relatives' reports. NTSB finds ou…
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Victims of Florida plane crash include a 20-year-old who got her pilot’s license as a teen - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
A 20-year-old woman with a pilot’s license was among nine people killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in South Florida, her family said....
·Miami, United States
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