Father Honors Brave 20-Year-Old Co-Pilot Following Fatal Florida Learjet Crash
Allan Filgueiras shares the final radio transmissions of his daughter, Nathalia, who fought to maintain control of the jet during a tragic Florida Learjet cr...
POLICY WIRE — Florida, USA — A grieving father is speaking out the extraordinary courage of his daughter following a devastating private jet crash that claimed the lives of nine people in Florida last weekend.
Allan Filgueiras, who is a pilot himself, revealed he has replayed the final radio communications of his 20-year-old daughter, Nathalia Filgueiras, numerous times since the accident occurred on Sunday.
Nathalia Filgueiras was serving as the co-pilot when the aircraft plummeted from the sky, killing her alongside a tech entrepreneur and his family.
Despite the tragic nature of the recordings, her father says the audio shows Nathalia valiantly struggling to maintain control of the aircraft until the final moments before impact.
The father expressed a deep sense of pride in his daughter’s grit, noting that she continued to deliver transmissions while the plane was in distress.
In the wake of the disaster, Allan Filgueiras admitted he wished he had been in the cockpit himself to attempt to save her from the crash.
Investigators are currently looking into the cause of the Learjet crash, following reports that the pilots had been warned of rough weather conditions ahead of the flight.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
