Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras: The doomed Palm Beach co-pilot who got her license at 17 after learning to fly from dad – as crash sparks debate about young pilots

The young co-pilot of the doomed plane which smashed into the ground in Florida earned her license at the age of just 17, and learned to fly from her hobbyist father.

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, ‘loved the freedom’ of flying and secured her permit before she had even learned to drive, according to her mother and old interviews which have resurfaced since the horror crash.

Camila Corteleti confirmed to The New York Times that her daughter was behind the controls of the Learjet when it plummeted to the ground in West Palm Beach close to Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago country club on Sunday. 

Officials are

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