Tech tycoon who died with his wife and toddlers in Florida jet crash was taking them to celebrate his birthday
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.
Investigators say the Learjet 60 was already breaking apart in mid-air before it plunged into a six-lane Palm Beach road at 350 feet per second, creating a water-filled crater so deep that wreckage recovery has been declared the probe's biggest obstacle. Adam Robinson, 45, had chartered the $2 million jet from Austin to take his wife Helen Sharp, 40, toddlers Emma and Charlie, nanny Anita Maria Cetina, and friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr to the Bahamas. On the morning of the crash, Robinson had posted on LinkedIn celebrating his company RB2B hitting $10 million in annual recurring revenue, and had told friends life was 'going too well.'
Co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, earned her private pilot's licence at 17 — before she could drive — and her screams were captured in harrowing air traffic control audio.
The NTSB says weather is a 'major focus,' with the crew reporting icing and turbulence at 35,000 feet moments before declaring a mayday; the jet hit the ground within one minute.
Months before the crash, Robinson posted on X: 'You don't need to crash a plane to learn to fly.'
