A female pilot flying the same Learjet that crashed in Florida was heard being scolded by air traffic control months before for downplaying turbulence.
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that → fly → turbulence
The woman was flying over Newark in New Jersey in May when an air traffic controller asked 'Why are you climbing?
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you → fly → May
'We are just about to call you, we are experiencing moderate [turbulence] and unable to hold altitude,' said the female pilot.
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pilot → call → altitude
The exasperated controller responded firmly: 'That is not moderate, descend to 4,000 [feet] immediately.
'If you cant maintain altitude that is not moderate, that is severe turbulence, are you experiencing severe turbulence?', he added.
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he → respond → turbulence
The woman and a man then both respond 'affirmative sir', as the audio clip, shared to ATC.com, ended.
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clip → respond → ATC.com
It is unclear if the woman heard on the audio was Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20.
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woman → hear → audio
She was co-pilot of the Learjet when it crashed in Palm Beach on Sunday, killing her and nine others, amid speculation the plane was downed by severe weather.
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plane → crash → weather
The Learjet whose pilot was scolded for downplaying turbulence bore the same tail number - N7226D - as the plane that smashed into the ground while flying from Austin in Texas to the Bahamas.
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that → scold → Bahamas
It was owned by Upper Jets, a private aviation company based in Fort Lauderdale, just south of the crash site.
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It → own → site
Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, was identified as the co-pilot aboard the Bahamas bound flight that crashed in Florida
The fatal crash was caught on horrifying dash cam footage and showed the jet nearly vertical as it rocketed to the ground
Filgueiras
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is seen here behind the controls of the Learjet involved in both the New Jersey incident and what happened over the weekend, the plane's callsign visible on the dashboard
Filgueiras grew up in Palm Beach County and previously featured in a local media report after first getting her pilot license in 2023 at the age of 17.
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Filgueiras → see → 17
She told CBS12: 'I definitely do brag because people say, "Oh, you can’t drive," and I’m like, "Yeah, but I can fly."
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I → tell → CBS12
Her mother Camila often shared images of Filgueiras and her siblings traveling on private jets, with her father Allan also having his pilot's license.
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father → share → license
Camila told The New York Times: 'She loved the freedom.
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She → tell → freedom
It was completely different seeing the world from the top.'
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It → see → top
Clearly a lover of her career in aviation, the Daily Mail has also uncovered a number of videos of herself flying that she had shared to her social media.
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she → uncover → media
In one of those clips, shared in September of this year, she is behind the controls of the same jet involved in the horrific crash.
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she → share → crash
The fatal crash was caught on horrifying dash cam footage and showed the jet nearly vertical as it rocketed to the ground.
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it → catch → ground
Experts say it appeared to be traveling at close to the speed of sound.
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it → say → sound
The jet hit the ground and immediately exploded, sending chunks of asphalt up in the air as thick black smoke engulfed the crash site.
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smoke → hit → site
Pilots behind the controls of the same jet involved in the horrific smash on Sunday had a previous spat with an air traffic controller over turbulence in New Jersey, that previous flight path is seen here
An investigation is now being carried out federal authorities to determine what went wrong
No-one on the ground was injured.
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one → involve → ground
The identities of the rest onboard have yet to be released, with further information set to emerge at a Federal Aviation Authority press conference scheduled for Monday afternoon.
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information → have → afternoon
Sunday's crash came as Filgueiras and her as-yet-unidentified male pilot attempted to fly through two storm systems, known as cells.
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Filgueiras → come → cells
It has been speculated by multiple experts that the plane may have fallen foul of 'coffin corner' while trying to reach a higher altitude clear of the storm systems.
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plane → speculate → systems
Going under one or over the other risks stalling the plane, or a loss of control.
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Going → go → control
The air traffic controllers in nearby Miami had given pilots permission to 'deviate left and right' due to 'moderate precipitation... to the southeast' that they described as 'pretty nasty' as the twin-engine business jet approached the area.
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jet → give → area
The controllers were then heard describing 'moderate turbulence' before Filgueiras's tone swiftly became panicked as she realized the plane was in trouble.
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plane → hear → trouble
She said: 'Seven two two bravo delta, we're descending 8,000... mayday mayday... we're descending 10,000ft per minute.'
Seconds later, she screamed: 'Declaring emergency, declaring emergency, we are in an overspeed condition.'
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we → say → condition
Her voice grew even more panicked as she said: 'Descending 20,000ft per minute...
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she → grow → minute
we're going to crash into the ground.
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we → go → ground
The impact left a massive crater in the middle of the road, damaging nearby infrastructure
'I'm here with you, talk to me,' the air traffic controller said in an attempt to calm the situation.
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controller → leave → situation
Filgueiras said: 'We are descending 22,000ft, and we are banking 60 degrees.'
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we → say → degrees
'We're out of time,' Filgueiras then screamed in her final transmission.
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Filgueiras → scream → transmission
In one harrowing moment, the pilot could also be heard reciting the Lord's prayer just seconds before impact.
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pilot → hear → impact
The Daily Mail has chosen not to publish the final seconds of audio, which are extremely distressing.
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which → choose → audio
The flight had set off from Austin, Texas, bound for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas before its path abruptly ended just near West Palm Beach, according to flight data.
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path → set → data
The impact left debris scattered across a significant distance and a massive crater in the road, but authorities said nobody on the ground was injured or killed in the crash.
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nobody → leave → crash
Outgoing Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters on Sunday: 'It was a cataclysmic plane crash.
'It looked like a missile going down and left a big crater on the side of the road.'
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It → tell → road
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