‘I’ve got turbulence, I’ve got ice’: Learjet co-pilot texted boyfriend 10 minutes before fatal Florida crash

A 20-year-old co-pilot aboard a Learjet that crashed in Florida, killing all nine people on board, texted her pilot boyfriend just minutes before the deadly accident, her family has revealed.Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras was in touch with her loved ones and air traffic control until the aircraft plunged to the ground in Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon.Her stepfather, Thiago Corteleti, told the New York Post that Filgueiras had messaged her boyfriend, also a pilot, around 12:40 pm, just 10 minutes before the crash at approximately 12:50 pm."She just said, 'I've got turbulence, I've got ice,'" Corteleti told, recalling the message she sent to her boyfriend.Her co-pilot on Sunday's flight has not yet been identified. Audio from the aircraft's final moments reportedly captured a man reciting the Lord's Prayer as Filgueiras screamed.The Learjet 60 had departed Austin, Texas, on Sunday morning and was headed to the Bahamas when it crashed in a residential area of Palm Beach County. All nine people aboard were killed.Also read: Florida jet 'broke apart' midair before crashing into roadway; 20-year-old pilot among victimsDespite being just 20, Filgueiras had accumulated around 1,300 hours of flying experience. She obtained her private pilot's licence at the age of 17 in October 2023, before she had even secured her driver's licence.Witnesses describe gruesome scene at crash siteMeanwhile, witnesses described a gruesome scene at the crash site, with debris scattered across an area spanning nearly half a mile. Several residents living near the site were evacuated from their homes overnight, NY Post reported.Anthony Blackmon, an 18-year-old high school student who lives less than 100 yards from the crash site, told that he initially thought the area had been bombed after hearing the explosion."We didn't really see debris of a plane, but we did find body parts," he said."We found a backbone, and there's a picture of a hand going around. The plane seemed completely disintegrated; there were only small parts," Blackmon added.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.