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

  • Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, was identified by her family as the co-pilot of a Learjet 60 that crashed near Greenacres, Florida, killing all nine people aboard.
  • Filgueiras earned her private pilot’s license at age 17 while attending West Boca Raton Community High School.
  • The crew reported icing, turbulence, precipitation, and an overspeed condition before the pilot declared a Mayday and reported a rapidly accelerating descent.
  • The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating, including evidence that the aircraft may have begun breaking apart before impact; investigators have not established the cause.
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Dad of 20-year-old co-pilot in Florida Learjet crash says her final radio calls showed ‘she’s tough’

The father of the 20-year-old co-pilot who died along with eight others when their Learjet crashed in Florida said Friday he has listened to his daughter’s heartbreaking final radio transmissions “many times” since the crash. Allan Filgue...

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Dad of 20-year-old co-pilot in Florida Learjet crash says her final radio calls showed 'she's tough'

The father of the co-pilot who died along with eight others when her Learjet crashed in Florida feels immense pride when he listens to his daughter’s heartbreaking final radio transmissions to try to figure out why it plunged from the sky.

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