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Dad of co-pilot killed in Palm Beach jet crash says losing daughter "like having the heart torn from my chest"

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Friday, November 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM · 1 min read
Dad of co-pilot killed in Palm Beach jet crash says losing daughter "like having the heart torn from my chest" — Parkland Technology news

The father of the 20-year-old co-pilot who died along with eight others when their Learjet crashed in Florida said Friday he has listened to his daughter's heartbreaking final radio transmissions "many times" since the crash.Allan Filgueiras, himself a pilot, was searching for answers as to why the plane plunged from the sky on Sunday but what he found was immense pride in how his daughter, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, handled the crisis."I did listen to that many times trying to find a clue. In my head. How'd that happen? And wow, she's tough," Allan Filgueiras said at a news conference Friday, frequently holding back tears.In her final conversation with air traffic control, she can be heard calmly reporting ice buildup on the plane as the Learjet flew into a thunderstorm and turbulence tossed it up and down by 700 feet (200 meters). The situation quickly escalated as the aircraft fell at breathtaking speed. "Declare an emergency 722-Bravo-Delta. We are in an overspeed condition des

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