Ice the co-pilot called 'manageable' was 'certainly a factor' in the Florida jet crash that killed nine, investigators say
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.
On the cockpit voice recorder, pilot Jeffrey Gregory, 55, of Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, can be heard reciting the Lord's Prayer as the Learjet 60 plunged at 20,000 feet per minute before slamming into a road near West Palm Beach on Sunday. The nine people aboard included tech founder Adam Robinson, 45, his wife Helen Sharp, 40, their young children Emma, four, and Charlie, two, nanny Anita Maria Cetina, and friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr — there were no survivors.
Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, had received a warning from air traffic control before the fatal flight and had earned her licence at only 17.
Robinson had gone viral on X for a post championing work-life balance, writing 'my family life gives me energy for my work' — he was taking the family to the Bahamas to celebrate his birthday.
Up to 600 residents of a nearby mobile home park were evacuated after the Learjet narrowly cleared homes, scattering debris across rooftops and tearing a crater in the road.
