CNN REPORTED THE CO-PILOT IN THE HORRIFIC AIRPLANE CRASH SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 20 YEAR OLD NATHALIA GADELHA FILGUEIRAS. FILGUEIRAS’S MOTHER, CAMILA, AND HER STEPFATHER CONFIRMED THAT THE LEARJET 60 WAS FLYING FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS, TO THE BAHAMAS WHEN IT ENTERED A STEEP NOSEDIVE, PLUMMETING AT OVER 20,000 FEET PER MINUTE. THE INCIDENT KILLED ALL NINE ON BOARD. THE CRASH LEFT A FIERY CRATER NEAR PASSING CARS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED ON THE GROUND. THE RECORDING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADIO CALLS CAPTURED BY LIVEATC.NET CAPTURED THE CO-PILOT REPORTING ON ICE ACCUMULATING ON THE AIRCRAFT, WITH AN OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE OF -52 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AS WELL AS TURBULENCE THAT BOUNCED THE PLANE BY UP TO 700 FEET. THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID THE PLANE HIT THE GROUND SHORTLY BEFORE 1 P.M. ON MILITARY TRAIL, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BETWEEN CRESTHAVEN BOULEVARD AND 10TH AVENUE NORTH. CNN AVIATION ANALYST AND FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MARY SCHIAVO, SAID DASHCAM VIDEO SHOWING THE CRASH WILL BE IMPORTANT TO INVESTIGATORS PIECING TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED. AUTHORITIES HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY THE OTHER EIGHT PEOPLE ON BOARD, INCLUDING THE PILOT , WHO DIED IN THE CRASH. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE A PRELIMINARY REPORT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CRASH. A FINAL REPORT, INCLUDING THE PROBABLE CAUSES OF THE CRASH, COULD TAKE ONE TO TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED A HACKENSACK MAN WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER AN ALTERCATION ON THE SIDELINES OF A YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME ON NOV. 1. HACKENSACK DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF GREGORY ZISA EXPLAINED THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER THE GAME SUNDAY AT HACKENSACK HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE A 56-YEAR-OLD CITY MAN ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED ANOTHER MAN. THE FIGHT STEMMED FROM AN ARGUMENT THAT HAPPENED ON THE SIDELINES OF THE FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN THE HACKENSACK JUNIOR COMETS AND THE JERSEY CITY JETS. ZISA SAID THE ALLEGED ASSAULT OCCURRED AFTER THE GAME ENDED, WITH TEAMS STILL PRESENT ON THE FIELD. BOTH MEN INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT WERE FROM HACKENSACK. THE 56-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED ON A COUNT OF SIMPLE ASSAULT UNDER A STATUTE THAT ADDRESSES ASSAULT WITH CHILDREN UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE PRESENT, WHILE AT A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY-SPONSORED YOUTH SPORTS EVENT. ZISA SAID NO YOUTH PLAYERS WERE INJURED IN THE ALTERCATION.