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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 as possible factors after the Learjet broke up in flight and killed all nine people aboard.

  • 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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Among the victims of Sunday's crash was the first pilot on this flight, a 20-year-old American girl who had obtained her pilot's license while still in high school.

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Among the victims of Sunday's crash was the first pilot on this flight, a 20-year-old American girl who had obtained her pilot's license while still in high school.

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The victims of the crash of a private Learjet 60 aircraft in Florida State of the United States were nine people, including the head of a technology company and his family. 9 people were killed in the crash of a business jet in Palm Beach County in Florida, passing on TASS with reference to the newspaper New York Post. The head of a technology company, his wife, two children aged four and two, a nanny, family friends and two pilots were on board…

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