Father of Learjet co-pilot seeks clues in crash recording

The father of Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, a 20-year-old co-pilot killed in a Learjet crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, said Friday that he had repeatedly listened to the cockpit recording, hoping to understand what happened. Allan Filgueiras spoke at a news conference with the family’s lawyer, Stuart Grossman. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, and its cause has not been established in the reports. Allan Filgueiras, a licensed pilot, said he had flown with his daughter from a young age and taught her to fly. He recalled that she earned her pilot’s licence at 17 and later worked as a pilot. She had told him she loved flying so much that she would have paid to do it, he said. The cockpit recording captured Nathalia communicating with air traffic controllers as the aircraft encountered reported icing and turbulence. Her father said he listened to the recording many times, searching for a clue about the crash. Reports describe her final calls as including an emergency declaration and a report of a rapid descent, but the recording does not establish why the aircraft went down. Grossman said the family had no immediate plans to file a lawsuit...