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Nine people have been killed after a small jet crashed and exploded in Florida on Sunday.
The Learjet 60 was bound for the Bahamas from Austin when it nosedived into a multi-lane highway.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating whether ice and turbulence contributed to the crash, and whether human error played a role.
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Here is what we know so far about the victims.
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The Texas tech entrepreneur, his wife Helen Sharp and their two children, Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, were all killed in the crash, according to a joint statement from some of the families of those killed.
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Their family described them as "devoted parents" and said their children were "the light of their lives".
"Helen and Adam were the love affair that will last forever.
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Their warmth, generosity and gift for making people feel welcome touched so many lives," the statement reads.
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On his LinkedIn page, Robinson described himself as the founder and CEO of RB2B and Retention.com, and the CEO of Moltsets.
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He previously worked at global financial services business Lehman Brothers and the banking group Barclays.
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The BBC has contacted the companies for a statement.
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Fellow tech entrepreneur Jesse Ouellette posted on LinkedIn about Robinson's death, saying he had helped him when he was building his company.
"He became a friend and someone I saw eye to eye with on how to build software companies," wrote Ouellette.
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"He could disagree with you about almost anything, and somehow you'd walk away liking him even more."
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Robinson's last post on the networking site was on Sunday, about a debate he and Ouellette had scheduled for the following week.
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Helen Sharp, meanwhile, was an artist, according to media reports.
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Her father, Dudley Sharp, told the Florida news site The Palm Beach Post that news his family had been on the plane was "quite a blow".
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"We had a daughter, her husband and two grandchildren on the plane," he said.
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Rachel Reed, Charmi Fehr and Anita Maria Cetina
Reed, Fehr and Cetina were also travelling aboard the jet with Robinson Sharp and their children.
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Reed and Fehr were described in the joint family statement as "full of joy and adventure".
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"They loved their people fiercely, fully and without hesitation.
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From the moment they met, they were all in on each other and the life they were building," it added.
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The statement said Cetina "cared for Emma and Charlie with tenderness and devotion, and she was truly part of the family".
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It added: "She showed us a legacy of unconditional love and devotion."
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Jeff Gregory
Gregory, 55, has been identified as the pilot of the plane, according to East Coast Jets, a private charter company where Gregory used to work.
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We are deeply saddened to learn that Captain Jeff Gregory was among those who lost their lives in yesterday's tragic aviation accident in Palm Beach," a spokesperson for the company said in a statement on Monday.
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Jeff worked for East Coast Jets "briefly" in 2016 and 2017, the spokesperson said.
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Nathalia Filgueiras
US media has identified Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, as the copilot of the plane.
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She earned her pilot's licence when she was 17.
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Filgueiras's mother, Camila Corteleti, confirmed to US media that her daughter had died in the fireball.
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Corteleti told the New York Times: "She loved the freedom.
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It was completely different seeing the world from the top."
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In a 2023 interview with a local news affiliate of CBS News, Filgueiras spoke proudly of receiving her pilot's licence while still a senior in high school.
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"I like being different than everyone," she said.
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"Some people think that it's weird that I can fly planes, but I can't drive a car, I mean I can but, a lot of people think it's funny."
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