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NFL star Joe Mixon ‘devastated’ after learning he flew on doomed Learjet with same pilots weeks before deadly crash

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Pollina, R. (2026, November 3). NFL star Joe Mixon ‘devastated’ after learning he flew on doomed Learjet with same pilots weeks before deadly crash. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/nfl-star-joe-mixon-devastated-after-learning-he-flew-on-doomed-learjet-with-same-pilots-weeks-before-deadly-crash/

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-03 · by Richard Pollina

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NFL player Joe Mixon learned he flew on the same Learjet with the same pilots just weeks before it crashed in Florida, killing nine people including young children and several adults. In an emotional post, Mixon expressed devastation over the loss of lives, particularly that of a 20-year-old pilot who was making her commercial flying debut shortly after obtaining her private license. The crash occurred when the aircraft encountered severe weather conditions and entered a steep nosedive before impacting a mobile home park, causing significant damage and fatalities.
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A Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed near homes in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday afternoon, November 1, 2026, erupting into a massive fireball. The jet had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas bound for the Bahamas and was carrying the pilot Jeff Gregory, his co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his family Helen Sharp, Emma (4), and Charlie (2), along with four others whose identities have not yet been released. According to federal officials, ice and weather conditions were "certainly a factor" in the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the accident.

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Cincinnati Florida Learjet Palm Beach County Pro Bowl

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Filgueiras PERSON · 2× Mixon PERSON · 2× Palm Beach County GPE · 2× Austin GPE · 1× Bengal ORG · 1× Cincinnati GPE · 1× Florida GPE · 1× Jeff Gregory PERSON · 1× Joe Mixon PERSON · 1× Pro Bowl ORG · 1×

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The young aviator, who grew up in Palm Beach County, made local headlines in October 2023 when she earned her private pilot’s license at 17 while she was still in high school — before she even had a driver’s license.
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🔮 “Love on your loved ones while you can, because you never know what tomorrow may bring,” he wrote, closing his tribute.

Claims (17 extracted, 1 hedged)

Two-time Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon is reeling after learning he flew on the very same Learjet — with the same two pilots — just weeks before it crashed in Florida on Sunday. asserted
it → reel → Sunday
Mixon, 30, was “absolutely devastated” by the crash that killed nine people, he wrote in a heartbreaking tribute post on X on Tuesday. asserted
he → devastate → Tuesday
“I flew on that exact aircraft last month with those same two pilots,” the former Cincinnati Bengal wrote. asserted
Bengal → fly → pilots
“Hearing the young woman’s story and learning about the bright future she had ahead of her makes it even more heartbreaking that her life was cut so short,” he wrote. asserted
he → hear → her
Mixon offered his prayers to the families of everyone aboard, calling the crash a “tragic reminder of how fragile life is.” asserted
life → offer → crash
“Love on your loved ones while you can, because you never know what tomorrow may bring,” he wrote, closing his tribute. uncertain
he → love → tribute
Filgueiras was co-piloting the Learjet 60 alongside 55-year-old pilot Jeff Gregory on a flight from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas. asserted
co → co → Bahamas
The young aviator, who grew up in Palm Beach County, made local headlines in October 2023 when she earned her private pilot’s license at 17 while she was still in high school — before she even had a driver’s license. asserted
she → grow → license
The 20-year-old had been flying commercially for nine months and had logged 1,300 hours in the air before her death, her heartbroken family told The Post. asserted
family → fly → Post
The pilots had asked to climb to roughly 37,000 feet to get above bad weather, reporting icing and turbulence before the jet entered a steep nosedive — plummeting more than 20,000 feet per minute. asserted
jet → ask → minute
The jet ultimately crashed into a mobile home park in Palm Beach County, knocking down power lines and gouging an enormous crater into the ground. asserted
jet → crash → ground
Filgueiras can be heard screaming in air traffic control audio as she radioed a controller moments before the crash, while Gregory can be heard reciting the Lord’s Prayer in the final seconds. asserted
Gregory → hear → seconds
She had also texted her boyfriend, Justin, just 10 minutes before the crash, telling him they had hit turbulence and were dealing with icing. asserted
they → texte → icing
The passengers killed in the horrifying crash included multimillionaire tech exec Adam Robinson, 44, his wife, Helen Sharp, and their two young children, Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, Robinson’s brother confirmed Monday. asserted
brother → kill → Robinson
Family friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr and the family’s nanny, Anita Maria Apellido Cetina, were also killed. asserted
friends → kill → ?
The plane began to break apart before impact, scattering debris across a half-mile radius, the National Transportation Safety Board said at a news conference. asserted
Board → begin → conference
Investigators haven’t determined whether the plane had a cockpit voice recorder — or whether the device survived the crash. asserted
device → determine → crash
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