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Family Of 4, Friends, Flight Crew Identified After Florida Jet Crash That Killed 9
A devastating South Florida aviation disaster is now taking on an intimate human dimension.
Multiple reports identified the nine people who died when a Learjet 60 crashed in Greenacres, Florida, on Sunday, Nov. 1, during a flight from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas.
The victims included Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife, Helen Robinson, their two children, the children’s nanny, and two close friends, according to an exclusive report by TMZ. The flight crew included 55-year-old Capt. Jeff Gregory and 20-year-old co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, also known as Nathalia Gadel…
20-Year-Old Co-Pilot ID'd As One Of 9 Victims In Florida Jet Crash
Before she was old enough to drive, a young South Florida student had already earned a distinction few teenagers can claim.
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Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, also known as Nathalia Gadelha, has been identified by multiple reports as the co-pilot killed in a Learjet 60 crash that left all nine people aboard dead. The FAA, NTSB, and local officials had not publicly released the names of the other victims.
Gadelha earned her private pilot’s license in October 2023, at…
Pilots ID'd In Hammonton Helicopter Crash That Left Them Both Dead
Both pilots involved in the mid-air collision between two helicopters have died, authorities announced, Monday, Dec. 29.
Kenneth Kirsch, a 65-year-old Carney's Point resident and Michael Greenberg, a 71-year-old Sewell resident, were killed in the Sunday, Dec. 28 crash, Hammonton police said.
At 11:25 a.m., officers responded to the crash between an Enstrom model 280C and an Enstrom model F-28A, which had both just departed Hammonton Municipal Airport, police said.
The helicopters crash landed in a field and tree line in the 100 block of Basin Road, police said. One helicopter was engulfed…
NJ Dad, Canadian Pilot ID’d After Helicopter Crash In Pennsylvania
A New Jersey father and a Canadian pilot have been identified as the two men killed in a helicopter crash in Pennsylvania, Carbon County Coroner Mark K. Smith announced on Saturday, Sept. 13.
The victims were 52-year-old Jeffrey Patmore of Terrace, British Columbia, and 40-year-old Michael S. Higgins of Haddon Township, New Jersey, Smith said.
The crash happened around 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in a wooded area of Penn Forest Township near the 300 block of Maury Road by Penn’s Peak concert hall in Jim Thorpe, the coroner confirmed.
The helicopter, an MD500D, was being used by a third-part…
Mexican Navy Cadets, 20 And 22, Killed As Ship Crashes Into Brooklyn Bridge Identified
Two Mexican Navy cadets were killed and 19 others injured when a large sailboat with a tall mast crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge during a mechanical failure on Saturday night, May 17, officials said.
Crash After Mechanical Failure
The "Cuauhtémoc", a Mexican Navy training ship, had just departed from Pier 17 when it lost steering control around 8:26 p.m., according to the NYPD and preliminary findings from the U.S. Coast Guard, FDNY, and NYC Department of Transportation. The ship drifted into the Brooklyn Bridge, where its masts struck the structure and snapped apart.
The vessel was carryi…
