The victims of the plane crash in Florida were a billionaire and his family members
The second pilot was 20 years old.
Those killed in the Florida plane crash were a billionaire and his family members
On November 1, a Learjet 60 private aircraft crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida. The business jet crashed alongside a highway, approximately 10 kilometers away from US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Nine people were on board the plane, including two children, and all of them died.
Additionally, a driver of a car located near the crash site was injured.
Several hundred people were evacuated from the Green Acres trailer park in the area where the crash occurred.
The plane had taken off from Austin, Texas, and was bound for the Bahamas. On board were IT entrepreneur and billionaire Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, and their two children — four-year-old Emma and two-year-old Charlie. Flying with them were nanny Anita Maria Cetina, as well as family friends Rachel Reid and Charmi Fer.
Robinson was 44 years old. He was the founder and CEO of the software development companies Retention.com and RB2B.
The plane's crew consisted of two pilots — an experienced pilot from Pennsylvania, 55-year-old Captain Jeff Gregory, and a co-pilot, 20-year-old (according to some sources, she was 21) Natalia Figueiras. It was Figueiras who communicated with dispatch services before the crash.
Figueiras obtained her pilot's license at age 17. The young woman, who lived in Florida, said in interviews with local TV channels that while her classmates dreamed of driving cars, she considered flying planes to be "cooler." As of November 1, 2026, Figueiras had 1,300 hours of flight experience.
It is noted that the flight was conducted in difficult weather conditions. During the flight, the crew reported to dispatchers that the outside temperature was minus 47 degrees Celsius, the fuselage was icing up, and turbulence was being experienced, requesting permission to increase altitude.
The dispatcher granted permission to climb, but approximately half a minute after this message, the crew sent an emergency distress signal — the plane made a sharp and uncontrolled dive (10,000 feet — 3,000 meters per minute). One of the jet pilot's last words was: "We're going into the ground right now." Figueiras also shouted: "Look outside."