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Joe Mixon reveals he flew on the same Learjet with its pilots weeks before fatal crash

Former NFL running back says he recognized the pilots of a Learjet 60 that killed all nine aboard in Florida after flying with them a month earlier.

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What to know

  • All nine people aboard a Learjet 60 were killed when it nosedived into a Florida mobile home park on November 1 after pilots reported icing and turbulence.
  • NTSB investigators say the aircraft began breaking apart before impact, but the cause of the crash has not been determined.
  • Former NFL running back Joe Mixon says he flew on the identical aircraft with the same two pilots just a month before the fatal crash.

“Hearing the young woman's story and learning about the bright future she had ahead of her makes it even more heartbreaking that her life was cut so short.”

Joe Mixon, NFL running back · X (via NY Post) ↗ · Nov 1

Joe MixonJoe Mixon NFL running back, former passenger on the crashed jetNathalia Gadelha Filgueiras 20-year-old co-pilot killed in the crashJeff Gregory 55-year-old pilot killed in the crashAdam Robinson Tech executive killed in the crash with his familyThomas Chapman National Transportation Safety Board member

Joe Mixon reveals he flew on the same Learjet with its pilots weeks before fatal crash
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    Sports outlets report Mixon's tribute and personal connection to pilots

    NY Post, Fox News, Yahoo Sports, and Sporting News picked up Mixon's post, detailing his admiration for co-pilot Filgueiras, who earned her pilot's license at 17 and had logged 1,300 flight hours before her death.

    “I flew on that exact aircraft last month with those same two pilots. They were incredible professionals and genuinely wonderful people.”
    — Joe Mixon, NFL running back · source
    1. 4 outlets NFL star Joe Mixon ‘devastated’ after learning he flew on doomed Learjet with same pilots weeks before deadly crash

      first by New York Post, 5d ago · also Yahoo Sports, Sporting News, NY Post

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    Joe Mixon reveals he flew on the same jet with the same pilots last month — The former Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans running back posted on X that he had flown on the exact aircraft with pilots Jeff Gregory and Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras a month before the crash, praising them and offering condolences to victims' families.

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    Families identify the nine victims and issue joint statement — Relatives named tech executive Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, their children Emma and Charlie, nanny Anita Maria Cetina, friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, and pilots Jeff Gregory and 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras; the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office said it was still working to officially confirm identities.

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    NTSB says aircraft began breaking apart before impact — National Transportation Safety Board member Thomas Chapman said investigators found evidence the jet broke apart in flight; officials said it was flying through temperatures of minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit and had not yet determined whether a cockpit voice recorder was recovered.

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    Learjet 60 crashes in Greenacres, Florida, killing all nine aboard — The jet, flying from Austin, Texas to the Bahamas, entered a steep nosedive after pilots reported icing and turbulence while climbing to roughly 37,000 feet, crashing into a mobile home park and knocking down power lines.