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20-year-old woman was piloting plane that slammed into Florida street killing 9

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Keane, I. (2026, November 2). 20-year-old woman was piloting plane that slammed into Florida street killing 9. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-plane-crash-nathalia-filgueiras-b3077729.html

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The Independent · collected 2026-11-02 · by Isabel Keane

Quick Summary

A 20-year-old woman named Nathalia Filgueiras was piloting a Learjet 60 that crashed in Palm Beach, Florida, killing all nine people on board. Filgueiras had earned her pilot’s license at age 17 and had logged over 1,300 hours of flight time before the accident occurred while traveling from Texas to the Bahamas.
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Story summary

A Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed into a residential area near Cresthaven, Florida, around 12:50 p.m. local time on November 1, 2026, resulting in a massive fireball and multiple fatalities. The plane had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas headed for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed the crash and noted that all nine people onboard were killed; no injuries on the ground have been reported. Nathalia Gadelha, a 20-year-old co-pilot who got her private pilot's license at age 17, was identified as one of those on board. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation into what caused the crash.

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📰 Florida Jet Crash Investigation
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Isabel Keane
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Topics

Bahamas Florida Learjet 60 Palm Beach Texas

Subjects

Florida GPE · 2× Bahamas GPE · 1× Boca Raton GPE · 1× Camila Corteleti PERSON · 1× Filgueiras PERSON · 1× Nathalia Filgueiras PERSON · 1× Palm Beach GPE · 1× Texas GPE · 1× The New York Times ORG · 1×

Narrative

Nathalia Filgueiras was piloting a Learjet 60 traveling from Texas to the Bahamas on Sunday when the aircraft nose-dived and crashed in a residential part of Palm Beach, leaving a smoking crater on the side of the road.
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Claims (4 extracted, 1 hedged)

One pilot of a private jet that crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, was a 20-year-old woman who earned her pilot’s license at 17, according to a report. uncertain
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Nathalia Filgueiras was piloting a Learjet 60 traveling from Texas to the Bahamas on Sunday when the aircraft nose-dived and crashed in a residential part of Palm Beach, leaving a smoking crater on the side of the road. asserted
aircraft → pilot → road
Filgueiras, of Boca Raton, Florida, had logged more than 1,300 hours of flight time after earning her pilot’s license at 17, her mother, Camila Corteleti, told The New York Times. asserted
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This is a breaking news story, check back for updates... asserted
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