20. Yr Old Was Piloting The Learjet That Crashed in Florida
The private jet, which had been traveling from Texas to the Bahamas, crashed down in a residential area of Palm Beach, Fla.,Credit...Giorgio Viera/Reuters By David Ovalle and Jacey Fortin One of the pilots of a private jet that plummeted to the ground on Sunday afternoon in Florida, killing all nine people on board, was a 20-year-old aviator named Nathalia Filgueiras, her mother said on Monday. Ms. Filgueiras, of Boca Raton, Fla., had logged more than 1,300 hours of flight time and earned her pilot’s license at 17, according to her mother, Camila Corteleti. She said her daughter had worked for Upper Jets, a private charter firm based in Fort Lauderdale, and was co-pilot of Sunday’s flight. Ms. Corteleti said her daughter had been passionate about flying since childhood, a love forged soaring the skies with her father, who is a recreational pilot. She recalled that her daughter, as a child, used to enjoy going to the Boca Raton Airport to watch planes taking off...
