Video: Nathalia Filgueiras is the pilot heard screaming in this deadly plane crash, she got her pilot license at age 17. Ice was on the wings and caused control loss
Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, was killed after a Learjet 60 crashed in Palm Beach, Florida on Nov. 1, 2026. Nathalia was the co-pilot on the plane heard in this heralding video moments before 9 people were killed in the plane crash. Follow Charlotte Alerts on Instagram.
Nathalia got her pilot license when she was just 17 years old. She graduated from American Flyers which is an Addison, Texas based flying school with a branch in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Nathalia Filgueiras
Nathalia was co-piloting a Learjet 60 from Austin, Texas to the Bahamas. The main pilot was flying the plane in Florida and encountered negative 50 degree temperatures at 35,000 feet high in the sky.
The plane as a result began to accumulate ice in addition to turbulence. Nathalia sent a text message to her boyfriend saying the plane had ice and turbulence. Nathalia is heard on radio transmission asking permission from flight traffic control operators to ascend up to 37,000 feet to escape the turbulence.
The Lear jet was granted permission to climb the extra 2,000 feet. However, the turbulence got worse and with the heavy ice on the plane, it caused a wing to fall off which caused the Lear jet 60 to go into a steep nose dive.
The plane was falling from the sky at 10,000 feet per minute. Nathalia is heard calling into air traffic control notifying them that the plane was descending rapidly.
The pilots could not gain control of the plane as it continued to fall in the sky. Nathalia is heard screaming and communicating on the air radio. Nathalia says,
“Mayday mayday We are going to crash, we dont have time.”
The plane then crashed into the street at high speeds causing an immediate explosion. No one on the ground was killed, but there were some injuries with people on the ground. Some people sustained ear damage from the loud explosion.
9 people including the pilots were on board the plane, they all died on impact.
Nathalia had been working as a commercial pilot for nine months. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.
