Chilling New Details on Pilot Emerge as Florida Jet in Fireball Crash
The pilot heard screaming in terror as she crashed a private jet in Florida has been named as footage shows the horror smash. The woman has been identified as a 20-year-old protégé flyer who got her licence while still in high school. Nathalia Gadelha was confirmed as the co-pilot of the Learjet 60. The private jet crashed into the ground in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday at 12.50 pm. Flying from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas, it plummeted 25,00ft in just over a minute before slamming into a residential neighbourhood near Donald Trump's Mar-a-largo estate.
TL;DR
- Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha, 20, identified in a private jet crash in Palm Beach County, Florida.
- Chilling cockpit audio reveals Gadelha shouting about an overspeed condition and rapid descent.
- The Learjet 60 plummeted 25,000 feet in over a minute before crashing near Mar-a-Lago.
- Gadelha obtained her pilot's license at age 17, before her driver's license.
- The flight originated in Austin, Texas, and was en route to the Bahamas.