Investigators say ice was 'certainly a factor' in the Florida jet crash that killed nine, though the co-pilot called it 'manageable'
Dashcam footage of the Learjet 60's impact near West Palm Beach, as Transport Secretary Sean Duffy called the crash "a horrific tragedy.Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras (left), the co-pilot, pictured with pilot Jeff Gregory, whose final recorded words were the Lord's Prayer as the Learjet plunged towards the ground.Anita Maria Cetina (left), and Rachel Reed and Charmi Fehr, three of the nine people killed when the Learjet 60 plunged into a Palm Beach County road at up to 32,000 feet per minute.Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, and their children Emma and Charlie, who were among the nine killed; the crew had reported light icing and requested clearance to climb to 37,000 feet before issuing a mayday call less than 30 seconds later.Aerial footage of crash devastation on Military Trail, Palm Beach, Florida, where investigators warn that recovering wreckage from the water-filled impact crater is the biggest obstacle to establishing whether the black box recorder was even on board.The crash left a crater in Military Trail, igniting a utility pole and scattering burning debris feet from passing cars and nearby homes in Greenacres, Palm Beach County.
The Learjet 60 plunged 27,000 feet in under a minute on Sunday after flying into a thunderstorm cell near West Palm Beach, eight miles from Mar-a-Lago, killing all nine aboard. Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, told Miami air traffic control conditions were 'manageable' just 90 seconds before the aircraft entered a catastrophic dive exceeding 20,000 feet per minute. The crew's final transmission was 'we're out of time'; pilot Jeffrey Gregory, 55, could be heard reciting the Lord's Prayer in the cockpit.
Filgueiras had previously been chastised by air traffic control in May for understating turbulence on the same aircraft, tail number N7226D.
Among those killed were tech founder Adam Robinson, 45, his wife Helen Sharp, their toddlers Emma, four, and Charlie, two, and the children's nanny.
Robinson's viral April post about leaving the office early to be present for his family has resurfaced since the crash.
