Co-Pilot of Learjet That Crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, Identified as 20-Year-Old

The co-pilot of a Learjet that crashed into the ground in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday has been identified as Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20. Her mother said she earned a pilot's license at 17 and had logged more than 1,300 hours of flight time. Her mother, Camila, said she had worked as a commercial pilot for nine months, and Camila's husband, Thiago Corteleti, also put her experience at 1,300 hours.

According to a transcript of air traffic control calls, Filgueiras told controllers shortly before the crash that the plane had hit moderate turbulence and was managing ice. The jet then encountered precipitation, and she said the crew would climb to get above it. She then declared an emergency and said the aircraft was rapidly losing altitude. The jet fell at more than 20,000 feet per minute before impact. Filgueiras also texted her boyfriend that the plane was experiencing turbulence and ice.

Just the News, on the right, leads with the radio calls and the sequence of the final moments: turbulence, ice, the climb, the emergency declaration and the rate of descent. It also includes the text to her boyfriend and relies on the New York Post for family details. The New York Times, on the left, leads with her biography: she got a license at 17, had more than 1,300 flight hours and was co-pilot, as her mother said in an interview. The excerpt provided does not mention the controller transcript or the descent rate. Both sides agree on her age, her early licensing and her 1,300 hours. The difference is emphasis: personal profile versus the flight's final minutes. The Times of India, in the alternative group, matches the left's focus on her license at 17, though it uses the surname Gadelha.