Final texts from doomed Florida jet disaster reveal possible cause of crash — Transcript

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1. 0:05We're going to crash into the ground. 72
2. 0:06Bravo Delta.
3. 0:09November 2 Bravo Delta. I'm here with
4. 0:10you. Talk to me.
5. 0:13>> This was a horrific moment. A private
6. 0:15jet worth $2.8 million plummeted into
7. 0:18the ground in South Florida, killing all
8. 0:20nine people on board.
9. 0:22>> [music]
10. 0:23>> At this stage, it remains a mystery as
11. 0:24to what caused the Lejet 60 to drop out
12. 0:27of the sky at 30,000 ft per [music]
13. 0:29minute.
14. 0:31But a text message sent by the
15. 0:3220-year-old co-pilot Natalyia Filgrera
16. 0:35[music] moments before the tragedy may
17. 0:37hold the answers as to what went wrong.
18. 0:40Phil Guerrera had departed Austin
19. 0:42Bergtorm International Airport in Texas
20. 0:44on route to the Bahamas with pilot Jeff
21. 0:46Gregory. [music] The crew traveled along
22. 0:48the tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his
23. 0:51wife Helen, and their two young children
24. 0:53along with their nanny and two close
25. 0:55friends. But as the plane climbed to
26. 0:5735,000 ft, Phil Guerrera began to report
27. 1:00issues.
28. 1:00>> Roger. Say outside air temperature
29. 1:03>> -47°.
30. 1:05We're managing the ice, but it is
31. 1:06moderate turbulence or direct reports.
32. 1:09>> Ice accumulates on an aircraft when it
33. 1:11flies through clouds or precipitation
34. 1:13which contain super cooled water
35. 1:15droplets. Even a little bit of ice can
36. 1:17have a significant effect on how an
37. 1:19aircraft flies. When the surface of the
38. 1:21wing strikes super cooled water
39. 1:23droplets, the sudden impact causes them
40. 1:25to freeze instantly. The accumulation of
41. 1:28ice on the wing changes the wing.
42. 1:29[music] It reduces the aircraft's lift,
43. 1:31increases the drag, and increases the
44. 1:33stall speed. This makes the aircraft
45. 1:36more difficult to [music] control.
46. 1:38To escape the turbulent air, the pilot
47. 1:40requested the plane to head higher by
48. 1:422,000 ft. [music] The crew had reported
49. 1:44outside temperatures of -47° C, but it
50. 1:48soon headed in the opposite direction
51. 1:50and the situation began to deteriorate.
52. 1:55Minutes before the crash, Phil Guerrera
53. 1:57texted her boyfriend, fearing the worst.
54. 2:05Then the sheer panic on board was
55. 2:06captured by air traffic control audio
56. 2:08recording.
57. 2:09>> 722 Bravo Delta, we're descending 8,000.
58. 2:12Mayday, mayday. We're descending 10,000
59. 2:13ft per minute.
60. 2:15>> November 722 Bravo Delta. Roger.
61. 2:18>> Declaring emergency 722 Bravo Delta. We
62. 2:21are in an over speed condition.
63. 2:23Descending 20,000 ft per minute.
64. 2:25>> November 722 Bravo Delta. Roger.
65. 2:27Altitude. Your discretion. Let me know
66. 2:29what you need.
67. 2:32>> We're going to crash into the ground.
68. 2:33722 Bravo Delta.
69. 2:37>> November 2 Bravo Delta. I'm here with
70. 2:38you. Talk to me. We are descending
71. 2:4122,000 ft and we are banking 60°.
72. 2:50>> November two bravo delta. Roger.
73. 2:57Look outside.
74. 2:59Holy. We're out of
75. 3:02>> November 2 Bravo Delta.
76. 3:04November 2 Bravo Delta. How do you hear?
77. 3:08November 2 Bravo Delta Miami.
78. 3:12>> Oh my god.
79. 3:24>> Debris from the crash was scattered
80. 3:25across the roadway near a mobile home
81. 3:27park with the force of the collision
82. 3:29carving a deep crater into the ground.
83. 3:31The impact was so intense it feared the
84. 3:33black box which could shed light on the
85. 3:35cause of the crash will never be
86. 3:36recovered.
87. 3:42Our mission is to understand not just
88. 3:44what happened, but why it happened and
89. 3:47to recommend [music] changes to prevent
90. 3:49it from happening again. We do have some
91. 3:51evidence that there was some breakup of
92. 3:53the aircraft before impact. We're still
93. 3:55seeking to determine that. Some of this
94. 3:57is yet to be determined. [music] We may
95. 3:58find parts of the aircraft some distance
96. 4:01away from the actual impact site.
97. 4:04>> 4,500 ft traffic.
98. 4:06>> Nice. pretty square pattern. Good job,
99. 4:09Natalia.
100. 4:10>> While other kids think it's cool to
101. 4:12drive a car alone, she thinks it's
102. 4:14cooler to fly a plane now.
103. 4:17>> I like [music] being different than
104. 4:18everyone. So, um to me, I think it's
105. 4:21like cool that
106. 4:23um well, like it's not really an
107. 4:24opportunity. I kind of just didn't do it
108. 4:27and this is how it ended up.
109. 4:29>> Phil Guerrera had been working as a
110. 4:31commercial pilot for 9 months with over
111. 4:3313,000 hours of flying experience. The
112. 4:36young aviator got her private pilot
113. 4:38license at just 17 in October 2023
114. 4:41before she even had her driving license.
115. 4:42[music]
116. 4:43She had begun pilot lessons in 2020, but
117. 4:46was also taught by her dad. [music]
118. 4:48>> Um, I think it's kind of cool. Some
119. 4:49people think that it's like weird
120. 4:52because I can fly planes, but I can't
121. 4:55drive a car. I mean, I can, but
122. 4:57[laughter]
123. 4:58um, a lot of people think it's funny. I
124. 5:00think it's funny, and I now want my
125. 5:02license really bad. Arcadia traffic
126. 5:05Bonanza 710 for Bravo 1m final two for
127. 5:08Arcadia.
128. 5:11>> Yeah, it was exactly one mile.
129. 5:13>> The 20-year-old regularly documented her
130. 5:15aviation journey on social media,
131. 5:17sharing photos and videos from her
132. 5:19flight. [music] She had even described
133. 5:21herself as having a plane addiction in
134. 5:22one of her posts. Her mother, Camila
135. 5:25Philerrera, told the post that [music]
136. 5:27I knew that a plane was going to take
137. 5:29her away from me. I always knew it, but
138. 5:31I was proud of her. I know she was
139. 5:33living her dream.
140. 5:35NASA administrator Jared Isaacman jumped
141. 5:37on his personal social media to back up
142. 5:39the Leah Jet's young co-pilot.
143. 5:41>> She likely knew before many of those
144. 5:43calls that she was going to die. I have
145. 5:46heard final calls from friends, from
146. 5:48military pilots with thousands of hours
147. 5:50in fighter aircraft, and they are just
148. 5:52as heartbreaking because they know the
149. 5:54end is approaching.
150. 5:56>> Family members released an emotional
151. 5:58joint statement honoring the victims of
152. 6:00the incident. They remembered [music]
153. 6:01Retention.com and RB2B founder Adam
154. 6:04Robinson and his wife Helen as devoted
155. 6:06[music] parents whose marriage was the
156. 6:08love affair that will last forever.
157. 6:11The two friends Rachel and Charmmy who
158. 6:13were also on the flight were remembered
159. 6:14as being full of joy and adventure.
160. 6:17While the family's nanny Anita Maria was
161. 6:19remembered for her unconditional love
162. 6:20and devotion. The National
163. 6:23Transportation Safety Board is examining
164. 6:25all potential factors, including
165. 6:27prevailing weather conditions and
166. 6:28recovered wreckage [music] as
167. 6:30investigations into the incident
168. 6:31continue.
169. 6:33Look outside. Look outside.
170. 6:36Holy, [music] we're out of
171. 6:42What the That was a
172. 6:49something just fell down.