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Palm Beach Learjet crash victims named as a Texas family plus their nanny and friends while investigators point to ice
The nine people killed in the Learjet 60 crash in Palm Beach County include an Austin family of four plus two pilots. Investigators say ice formed in rough air.

Officials and loved ones have now put names to everyone who lost their lives when a Learjet 60 dove into a busy South Florida road on Sunday. Most of them were members of one Texas family.
People close to the family say the passengers included Adam Robinson, 44, who ran a tech business in Austin. His wife Helen was with him along with the couple's two kids. The family's nanny was traveling with them along with two close friends.
A relative confirmed that Jeff Gregory, 55, was in command of the jet. Sitting beside him as first officer was Nathalia Gadelha, who was only 20.
What investigators said
The jet took off from Austin at 10:37 AM Eastern bound for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas. At about 12:47 PM the pilots requested a climb of 2,000 feet to reach 37,000. Minutes later the plane was falling.
At a news conference Monday the National Transportation Safety Board said ice had started building up on the aircraft while it was in moderate turbulence. Officials added that there are signs the jet may have started coming apart before it hit the ground. They are looking at the bad weather too.
Investigators stressed that their work is just beginning. They said the plane may have carried a black box but it has not been located yet. The FAA is also investigating.
The final moments
Air traffic control recordings capture the crew reporting turbulence along with icing before saying they would climb. A mayday call followed. The crew first reported dropping 10,000 feet per minute and then 20,000 feet per minute. Flight data later showed a descent rate of 32,000 feet per minute.
"Holy f***, we're out of time," a female crew member shouted. Moments later a crew member told controllers, "We're going to crash into the ground." After a scream the controller answered, "I'm here with you, talk with me." The crew said the plane was banking at 60 degrees before the audio went silent.
A passing driver caught the jet diving nose first before it slammed down near a mobile home park close to the Cresthaven neighborhood. The impact set off a huge fireball. The site is about eight miles from Mar-a-Lago. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed that no one on board survived.
A young pilot who loved the sky
Gadelha's mother and stepfather were the ones who confirmed she was on the jet. Flying came early for her. She earned her private license at 17 before she had even finished classes at West Boca Raton High. She began lessons in 2020 with her father as her teacher.
Her school district's Aviation Academy paid for her training. She later graduated from American Flyers flight school with plans to fly for a commercial airline. In a 2023 interview she said she had already logged 88 hours. She often posted cockpit videos showing the controls along with sunsets above the clouds.
Kravitz shuts down a false rumor
In the hours after the crash a false story spread online that Lenny Kravitz had been on the plane. Internet sleuths wrongly named a different pilot who had once posted that she flew the rocker on a similar route.
"The reports are untrue and incorrect," a spokesperson for Kravitz said. The pilot who was wrongly named also spoke out on social media. "I would like to respectfully clarify I was not," she said as she asked people to stop spreading misinformation about the tragedy.
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