Cockpit Mayday and Icing Reports Highlight Probe into Learjet Crash That Killed Nine

Overview

• A Learjet 60 crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, which occurred on Nov. 1 and killed all nine people aboard while leaving a large impact crater and scattered debris.
• Audio made public captures the copiloto declaring multiple maydays and reporting extreme descent rates and excessive-speed warnings as the jet lost control.
• Family members and the pilot’s former instructor described the 20-year-old copiloto, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, as skilled and courageous and said they replayed her final transmissions for clues.
• Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have taken charge of the inquiry and have not yet announced a probable cause.
• Officials recovered wreckage pieces near the crash site, including a left stabilizer section found in three parts, and investigators will study that hardware together with meteorological and systems data.