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More details about the nine victims who died in a Florida plane crash on Nov. 1 have emerged.
Tech CEO Adam Robinson and his wife Helen Sharp—along with their kids Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2—were among the passengers on a Learjet 60 that nose-dived into a Palm Beach County neighborhood, according to a joint statement released by the victims’ families Nov. 2.
The Robinsons’ nanny Anita Maria Cetina as well as friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr were also aboard the aircraft.
“Helen and Adam were the love affair that will last forever,” their family said. “Their warmth, generosity and gift for making people feel welcome touched so many lives. Their loss will be felt deeply by all those who loved them and who they loved in return.”
Meanwhile, Cetina “cared for Emma and Charlie with tenderness and devotion, and she was truly part of the family.”
“She showed us a legacy of unconditional love and devotion,” the statement continued, adding that Reed and Fehr “were full of joy and adventure.”
“They loved their people fiercely, fully and without hesitation,” their families shared. “From the moment they met, they were all in on each other and the life they were building. They are deeply loved, and we will miss them endlessly.”
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The fatal crash occurred around 12:51 p.m. local time after the flight crew aboard the private jet—which took off from Austin Bergstrom International Airport in Texas bound for The Bahamas—reported ice amid “moderate turbulence,” National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said in a Nov. 2 press conference.
Chapman said ice was “certainly a factor” that played into the crash, though an investigation is still ongoing.
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“The factual details of how this transpired is exactly what we’re trying to determine,” he told reporters. “The weather conditions are a major focus of the investigation.”
While officials have not released the identities of the flight crew, a manifest obtained by CBS News identified the pilot as 55-year-old Jeffrey Gregory. His co-pilot was identified as Nathalia Filgueiras by her family, who said the 20-year-old earned her pilot license while still in high school.
“Flying was her biggest passion,” her older sister Giulia Filgueiras told NBC News Nov. 2. “That was her dream, to become a pilot, since she was very young.”
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