PALM SPRINGS, Florida – A Learjet went down on Sunday, killing a young family of four from Texas, two of their friends, their nanny and both pilots, a veteran captain and a 20-year-old first officer, the New York Post reported.
Robinson's brother confirmed on Monday that the victims included Adam Robinson, a 44-year-old multimillionaire technology executive, along with Helen Sharp, his wife, and the couple's young children, Charlie, 2, and Emma, 4.
Robinson's brother paid tribute to the family writing on social media, "Helen and Adam were the love affair that will last forever."
Charmi Fehr and Rachael Reed, friends of the couple, were also aboard, as was Anita Maria Apellido Cetina, who worked for the family as a nanny.
NEW: The victims of the tragic Florida plane crash have now been identified: Adam Robinson, 45 Helen Sharp, 40 Emma Robinson, 4 Charlie Robinson, 2 Rachael Reed Charmi Fehr Anita Maria Apellido Cetina Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20 Jeff Gregory, 55 A family of four, including two young children, was among the nine people killed when a private jet crashed into a Florida neighborhood and erupted into a massive fireball. The Learjet, piloted by an aspiring commercial pilot, was traveling from Austin to the Bahamas when the crew reported ice and turbulence before the aircraft entered a devastating descent. Investigators are now examining what happened in the final moments before the crash, including evidence that the jet may have started breaking apart before impact. Learn more about the victims of this tragedy: https://t.co/eYcFu6qbF7
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Moments before the chartered Learjet 60, valued at $2 million, hit the earth and disintegrated near a mobile-home park, a radio transmission captured the captain, 55-year-old Jeff Gregory, praying the Lord's Prayer.
Having earned her pilot's license as a high school student, 20-year-old co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras can be heard screaming and begging for help during the last radio exchange.
As his LinkedIn profile outlines, Adam Robinson, an Austin-based entrepreneur who had worked at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers, went on to found the software companies RB2B and Retention.com and serve as their chief executive.
A family post stated: "Adam and Helen were devoted parents, and Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, were the light of their lives."
Of the couple's friends, the online tribute said that Charmi and Rachael "were full of joy and adventure. They loved their people fiercely, fully and without hesitation."
The statement added that the nanny, Anita Maria "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."
Helen, a ceramics artist, often shared videos of her work and photos of her children on Instagram.
On Monday, authorities said the jet had flown through air as cold as minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, encountering icing and heavy turbulence, though federal investigators have yet to pinpoint the exact cause for the crash.
At a press conference, National Transportation Safety Board officials said the aircraft began disintegrating before it struck the ground, spreading wreckage across an area with a half-mile radius.
Whether the aircraft was even equipped with a black-box cockpit voice recorder, and if so whether it survived, remains unknown to investigators.
Aviation attorney Zachary S. Gorwitz of Podhurst Orseck, a firm focused on plane crashes, said Filgueiras' voice on the recording could signal she was not flying the aircraft, though her exact role is undetermined.
On Monday, Gorwitz told The Post: "The fact that this 20 year co-pilot was the one on the radio suggests the pilot was at the controls."
