Woman, 20, identified as co-pilot of plane that crashed in Florida

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A 20-year-old Florida woman who earned her private pilot’s license before graduating high school was identified as the co-pilot of a jet that plunged from the sky and crashed into a residential area Sunday, killing everyone on board.

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, who grew up in Palm Beach County, Florida, was serving as co-pilot on a Learjet 60 traveling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas when it went down in Palm Beach County, according to her mother and stepfather, who confirmed her role to the New York Post.

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