Florida Learjet crash pilot heard praying as doomed plane plunged
The pilot of the doomed Learjet plane was heard praying before the aircraft smashed into the ground and erupted into a ball of flames in Florida. Jeff Gregory, 55, has been remembered in social media tributes as a "devoted father, husband and lifelong aviation enthusiast". He is survived by his wife Cheryl and three children. Audio from the flight from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas captured Mr Gregory reciting the Lord's Prayer as the private jet dived nearly vertically out of the sky.
TL;DR
- Captain Jeff Gregory was killed when the Learjet he was piloting crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida.
- Audio from the flight captured Gregory reciting the Lord's Prayer as the plane dived vertically.
- Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras reported an overspeed condition and stated "We're going to die" before the crash.
- Other victims included entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, their two children, their nanny, and two family friends.
- The flight experienced problems at around 35,000 feet and plummeted nearly vertically at high speed.