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Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras’ dad breaks down as he reveals ‘I wanted to be by her side’ in final moments

By Natalie O'Neill2 min readNew York Post
Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras’ dad breaks down as he reveals ‘I wanted to be by her side’ in final momentsLearjet co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras’ dad breaks down as he reveals ‘I wanted to be by her side’ in final moments

Allan Filgueiras wept as he praised his 20-year-old daughter, Nathalia, a co-pilot killed in a South Florida Learjet crash.

The heartbroken father of the 20-year-old co-pilot killed on the Learjet that crashed in Florida last weekend wept Friday as he said he wished he had been on the flight with her.

“I wanted to be by her side. Inside the plane, to help, to be by her. I had to be next to her,” Allan Filgueiras, dad of fallen aviator Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, said at a press conference.

Allan Filgueiras, father of the co-pilot of a crashed Learjet, attends a news conference.
Allan Filgueiras speaks in Coral Gables, Fla., Nov. 6, following the death of his daughter in a Florida plane crash. WSVN via AP
Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, was killed when a Learjet 60 crashed in Florida on Nov. 1, 2026. Threads/Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras
Dashboard camera footage shows a Learjet 60 plunging steeply toward a South Florida neighborhood.
A Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed in a South Florida neighborhood on Nov. 1, 2026. Aki Kuusisto via Storyful

Filgueiras held back tears as he called his daughter his “soulmate” and said he was proud of her for keeping a cool head during the emergency.

“I did listen to [her radio transmissions] many times, trying to find a clue in my head how that happened. And wow, she’s tough,” Filgueiras said.

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