A 20-year-old co-pilot, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, has been identified among nine people killed when a private Learjet 60 crashed and burst into flames in a residential neighbourhood in South Florida, United States, on Sunday.
Filgueiras, an aspiring commercial airline pilot, reportedly earned her private pilot’s licence at the age of 17, while still a high school student in Palm Beach County.
The aircraft was travelling from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas when it crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, around 12:50 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
All nine people aboard the aircraft were killed in the incident, while one person o...
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20-Year-Old Copilot Among Nine Killed In Deadly Florida Jet Crash
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