Plane Crash

The co-pilot who died in a horrific private jet crash in Florida has been identified as a 20-year-old woman who earned her pilot's license before graduating high school.

Nathalia Gadelha was identified by her mother and stepfather as one of the nine people who died when a Learjet 60 plummeted from the sky Sunday and burst into flames in Palm Beach County, according to the New York Post.

Nathalia was just 17 when she earned her private pilot's license while attending West Boca Raton High School ... having started flight lessons in 2020 and learning from her father.

The National Transportation Safety Board shared updates on the deadly private jet crash in Palm Beach ... and officials stated there is some indication the plane was breaking up before it hit the ground.

An NTSB spokesperson addressed the media first ... stating the jet left Austin, Texas, for North Luthera, Bahamas at 10:37 AM ET. The plane attempted to climb from 35K to 37K feet around 12:47 PM ET ... but crashed just minutes later.

The NTSB answered a few questions after making several initial comments ... including saying they're looking into the poor weather conditions -- and adding there are some clues that the plane was breaking up before it plummeted into the Cresthaven neighborhood.

The skies were practically a second home for Nathalia Gadelha ... and the 20-year-old co-pilot killed in Sunday's Florida plane crash loved showing off the view.

Nathalia frequently shared videos of her flights on social media ... giving followers a front-row seat to life in the cockpit ... from the aircraft's controls to sweeping views above the clouds and stunning sunsets thousands of feet in the air.

Her videos offer a glimpse into Nathalia's passion for aviation ... one she developed at a young age, earning her private pilot's license at just 17 while attending West Boca Raton High School.

Lenny Kravitz is going the extra mile to make it clear to fans he didn't die in the shocking Florida plane crash over the weekend ... addressing the rumors head-on.

Here's the deal ... misinformation spread online Sunday afternoon after a Learjet 60 crashed in a residential area near the Cresthaven neighborhood in Palm Beach -- with online sleuths misidentifying the pilot and then linking her to Lenny.

This pilot had previously posted a photo revealing she had flown Lenny on a similar route the doomed jet took ... and the internet decided that was enough evidence to declare the 62-year-old rocker dead.

In response to the rumors, Lenny's team told TMZ in a statement, "The reports are untrue and incorrect."

2:10 PM PT -- TMZ has obtained the horrifying dispatch audio from the plane's final moments.

A private jet carrying 9 people board crashed just 8 miles from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago ... resulting in an enormous fireball that engulfed the roadside.

The FAA tells TMZ ... a Learjet 60 crashed in a residential area near the Cresthaven neighborhood in Florida, around 12:50 PM on Sunday.

Video from the impact taken by a car passing by shows the plane in a nose dive before slamming into the roadside of the Florida town.

Audio between air traffic control and a Learjet flight in the moments before it crashed show the plane's crew scrambling to respond as they plummeted in a nose dive.

In audio first reported by the California Post, one female crew member yelled ... "Holy f***, we're out of time."

Donnie Wahlberg wasn't the only '90s legend on board the private jet that skidded off the runway in Las Vegas ... Amy Jo Johnson of "Power Rangers" fame was riding with him!

The actress -- who played the Pink Ranger, Kimberly Hart, on "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" back in the day -- shared pics from the runway ... after the plane crashed its wing into a fence during an aborted takeoff.

One pic captures what appears to be the pilots praying with another man -- possibly Donnie, based on his outfit -- while other photos show cops and other investigators on the scene.

Donnie Wahlberg narrowly escaped disaster when his private jet skidded off a Las Vegas runway ... and TMZ has obtained air traffic control audio capturing tense moments from the emergency.

In the recording, a voice believed to be Donnie's pilot can be heard urgently saying, "Aborting, aborting," as the aircraft's takeoff goes wrong at Harry Reid International Airport.

Air traffic control quickly dispatches emergency vehicles, warns another aircraft of delays, and repeatedly asks whether anyone onboard was injured.

A plane in Ecuador skidded off a runway, fell over the side of a hill, and crashed onto the road below ... and the shocking moment was caught on video.

Wild footage out of Cuenca -- a city in the southern part of the country -- shows the plane crest over a hill and land on the busy highway below.

The aircraft bounces onto the unforgiving terrain before coming to a stop across the roadway ... and closer inspection of the plane appears to show the nose totally smashed in.

Air Canada and Delta passengers are facing delays after their planes made contact on the tarmac at LAX ... and it looks like the Air Canada aircraft took the brunt of it.

Photos obtained by TMZ show a massive gash in the right horizontal stabilizer of the Air Canada plane after Tuesday's alarming collision.

A passenger on the Delta flight tells TMZ ... the plane was taxiing for departure when its left wing clipped the tail of the Air Canada aircraft, which was being towed to the gate. We're told passengers felt a big jolt before the plane came to an abrupt stop, but no one onboard was injured.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing medical plane carrying 6 people ... after it plunged nearly 13,000 feet in just a couple minutes.

The plane -- a Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 -- took off from Bermuda heading to Boston late Friday night.

An hour later ... the pilot reported an emergency to air traffic control ... according to audio obtained by the Boston Globe.

During their radio transmissions ... a New York City-based air traffic controller responded ... "You’re coming in blind? Is that what you said? Are you declaring an emergency, or no?"

Wisconsin Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is recovering after the small plane he was traveling in was forced to make an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night.

In a statement posted to X, Tiffany explains he was heading home from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the aircraft reportedly lost power while approaching Wausau Downtown Airport. The pilot then put the four-seat plane down on the lake in an emergency water landing.

The situation quickly turned dangerous after the aircraft began taking on water. Tiffany and the pilot called 911, then got out of the sinking plane and swam toward shallow water, where they waited for rescuers to arrive by boat.

Sept 11, 2001 -- a day the nation will never forget. A day thousands of emergency responders and civilians risked their lives to save others. A day when the nation came together in the face of unimaginable tragedy ...

25 years after the Twin Towers in New York City were struck by hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, we remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost, we honor those affected, and we never forget the lives lost and the devastation of that day.

The harrowing photos from that tragic Tuesday captured moments of unimaginable fear, heartbreak, and courage.

The Pentagon was also targeted that morning, when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the building, killing 184 people.

We also remember the 44 lives lost on United Airlines Flight 93 that was also hijacked but crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.

Twenty-five years later, these powerful images remain a haunting reminder of the lives lost and the selfless bravery of those who rushed to help.

The wife of Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo -- one of the 5 victims who died when an Amazon cargo plane crashed into his van at Miami International Airport -- is suing over her husband's death.

Yaraisi Santiso Morejon filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon, Amazon Air Cargo and 21 Air ... as well as the plane's pilots, Joseph Carroll and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina ... according to the filing obtained by NBC News.

In the suit -- which seeks damages in excess of $50,00 -- she claims the crash was a "foreseeable and preventable result of multiple, concurrent failures."

One of the two pilots involved in Sunday's deadly Amazon cargo plane crash reportedly said his career was over just moments after the disaster that killed 5 people.

The National Transportation Safety Board identified the two pilots of the cargo jet as Felipe Silva Molina and Joseph Carroll, both of whom escaped the crash with just minor injuries.

As you know, the plane -- traveling from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Florida -- overshot the runway at Miami International Airport, plowing into vehicles on a roadway nearby. Five people were killed, and five others were injured.