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Friend reacts to Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras’ haunting last words before deadly crash

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Downing, J. (2026, November 3). Friend reacts to Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras’ haunting last words before deadly crash. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/friend-reacts-to-learjet-co-pilot-nathalia-filgueiras-haunting-last-words-before-deadly-crash/

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-03 · by Jared Downing

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A 20-year-old co-pilot named Nathalia Filgueiras made desperate mayday calls as she tried to save her plane during a fatal crash in Palm Beach County, Florida. In her final moments, Filgueiras reported to air traffic control that the Learjet 60 was descending at a rate of 10,000 feet per minute and was about to crash into the ground, out of time to avoid disaster. A close friend, Mikaela Schluth, praised Filgueiras for her professionalism under extreme stress in her last communications.
Written by AI on 2026-11-03, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On November 1, 2026, a Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, about nine miles from Mar-a-Lago. The jet departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas. It crashed around 12:50 p.m. local time, causing a massive fireball. Fourteen days after the crash, pieces of the aircraft were found miles from the crash site by National Transportation Safety Board investigators.

The victims included Adam Robinson, founder of Retention.com, his wife Helen Sharp, their children Emma (4) and Charlie (2), family nanny Anita Maria Apellido Cetina, and two family friends Charmi Fehr and Rachael Reed. The pilot and co-pilot were also killed in the crash.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the accident.

Written for “Florida Learjet Crash Investigation Finds Crucial Parts” on 2026-11-04, grounded in this article and the 119 other(s) covering the same event.
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📰 Florida Learjet Crash Investigation Finds Crucial Parts
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Jared Downing
32 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 The co-pilot — 20-year-old Nathalia Filgueiras — gave a desperate mayday call to air traffic control after the Learjet 60 started dropping over Palm Beach County, Florida, and began to nosedive.
🔮 Several crucial human errors may have led to Sunday’s horrific Learjet crash in Florida that killed all nine on board, according to aviation experts.
🔮 Stewart passed away in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday after a brief battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body dementia, according to a statement on his Instagram. “He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter, and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all,” the statement continued.
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🔮 McGuire — who now works in the funeral business with his dad — said he is just happy he could be in the right place at the right time.
🔮 Griffin John was let out of prison early after he was sentenced to 48 months behind bars for the attack on wife Shauntai Nickerson — and he begged a judge to lift a restraining order against him so he could “see his son grow up” in the coastal town of Newport, docs obtained by The Post said.
🔮 “The key question is not just what went wrong, but also if someone knew — or should have known — what could have gone wrong,” said lawyer Daniel Adamson of Dixon-Adamson, a Georgia-based firm that specializes in theme park litigation.
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🔮 There was nothing we could do about that,” Thetga said.
🔮 “She had called and we’re video chatting, and then she says she loved us very much, just like she normally would,” Thetga recalled.
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Topics

722 Bravo Delta CBS Mornings Florida Palm Beach County the Learjet 60

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Filgueiras PERSON · 2× Florida GPE · 2× 722 Bravo Delta ORG · 1× CBS Mornings ORG · 1× Learjet ORG · 1× Mikaela Schluth PERSON · 1× Nathalia Filgueiras PERSON · 1× Palm Beach County GPE · 1× Schluth PERSON · 1×

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Here’s the latest on the fatal Learjet crash in Florida “I’m just so proud of how she handled it and was able to stay calm and give information,” Schluth told the outlet, praising her friend’s professionalism while facing mortal danger.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-03
🔮 The co-pilot — 20-year-old Nathalia Filgueiras — gave a desperate mayday call to air traffic control after the Learjet 60 started dropping over Palm Beach County, Florida, and began to nosedive.

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The co-pilot — 20-year-old Nathalia Filgueiras — gave a desperate mayday call to air traffic control after the Learjet 60 started dropping over Palm Beach County, Florida, and began to nosedive. asserted
Learjet → give → County
“722 Bravo Delta, we’re descending 8,000 Mayday, Mayday, we’re descending 10,000 feet per minute!” Filgueiras called over the radio. asserted
Filgueiras → descend → radio
“It was definitely, probably the worst thing I’ve ever heard,” Mikaela Schluth, who knew Filgueiras since middle school, told CBS Mornings. asserted
who → hear → Mornings
The terrified co-pilot kept updating ATC on their speed and altitude before declaring they were about to “crash into the ground” and were “out of time” — moments before the jet exploded on the ground. asserted
jet → update → ground
Here’s the latest on the fatal Learjet crash in Florida “I’m just so proud of how she handled it and was able to stay calm and give information,” Schluth told the outlet, praising her friend’s professionalism while facing mortal danger. asserted
Schluth → ’ → danger
This is a developing story. asserted
This → develop → ?
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