The Economic Times

Nathalia Gadelha identified as 20-year-old Learjet co-pilot in the tragic plane crash in Florida yesterday- here's what we know about the co-pilot who earned her pilots license at 17

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras was just 17 when she earned her pilots license and pursued her dream of flight. Sadly, during her time as a co-pilot on a Learjet 60, the aircraft crashed in Palm Beach County, resulting in the loss of nine lives. With 1,300 hours logged and nine months as a commercial pilot, she had filed reports of turbulence and icing shortly before the tragedy.