A flight instructor who taught Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras has insisted she was 'born to fly' and dubbed her the 'most naturally gifted' student he has ever had.
Chris Kirk has spoke out in defence of the 20-year-old who passed away on Sunday (1 November) alongside eight others following a devastating crash in Palm Beach County, Florida.
She was second-in-command on the Learjet 60 and frantically issued a mayday call in her final moments, warning air traffic control that the private plane was 'going to crash into the ground'.
The jet was carrying tech tycoon Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, and their two young children Emma, four, and Charlie, two, who were heading to the Bahamas from Texas.
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The children's nanny Anita Maria Cetina and another couple, Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, were also onboard.
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Filgueiras was in the cockpit of the doomed aircraft alongside pilot Jeff Gregory, 55, who was heard 'reciting the Lord's Prayer' in the moments before the fireball crash.
A number of people have been speaking out in defence of the young co-pilot in wake of the horror incident on Sunday, including NASA boss and billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman.
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