20-Year-Old Co-Pilot Identified in Florida Learjet Crash That Killed 9
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
20-Year-Old Co-Pilot Identified in Florida Learjet Crash That Killed 9
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Summary
Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, was identified by her mother as the co-pilot aboard the Learjet 60 that crashed Sunday in Palm Beach, Florida, killing all nine people on board.
1,300 flight hours and a pilot’s license earned at 17 underscored Filgueiras’s experience; her mother said she worked for Fort Lauderdale-based charter firm Upper Jets.
20,000 feet per minute was the descent rate a pilot reported in a mayday call after describing rain, light clear ice and moderate turbulence and requesting a climb to 37,000 feet.
Investigators were still determining what caused the jet, flying from Texas to the Bahamas, to plunge into a residential area, while officials said no one on the ground appeared injured.