Co-Pilot in Fatal Florida Learjet Crash Identified As 20-Year-Old

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, a 20-year-old co-pilot, has been identified as one of the two pilots aboard the fatal Bombardier Aerospace Learjet 60 crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Nov. 1. According to reports cited by The New York Post, her mother, Camila, confirmed her identity; Filgueiras had received a pilot license while still in high school at 17 and had about nine months of commercial flying experience, totaling roughly 1,300 hours. Her family said she texted her boyfriend Justin about 10 minutes before the crash, noting the flight was facing ice and turbulence. All nine people on board died; the other eight victims remain unidentified.