Investigators find signs the Florida Learjet that killed nine began breaking up in mid-air after hitting ice and a storm
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, en route from Austin to the Bahamas, entered a fatal dive that saw its descent rate hit 32,000 feet per minute; it then broke apart and came down on a Palm Beach County road on Sunday, scattering debris over a half-mile radius. NTSB member Tom Chapman confirmed the jet had started to disintegrate before it struck the ground, adding that components were expected to be found well away from the main impact crater. All nine people on board died, including seven passengers and two crew members.
Co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, texted her pilot boyfriend 'I've got turbulence, I've got ice' just ten minutes before the crash.
Pilot Jeff Gregory, 55, was heard reciting the Lord's Prayer over the radio in the plane's final seconds.
Passengers included tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, 45, his wife Helen Sharp, 40, their children Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, their nanny and two family friends.
