Learjet expert reveals crucial mistake pilots made before horrific Florida crash

Several crucial human errors may have led to Sunday’s horrific Learjet crash in Florida that killed all nine on board, according to aviation experts.The doomed $2 million aicraft, en route to the Bahamas from Texas, was flying through a storm when it suddenly stalled, likely between 35,000 and 37,000 feet, and began plummeting before crashing and exploding in a fireball near a trailer park in Palm Beach County.Authorities are still investigating the cause of the tragedy, but aviation expert Justin Crabbe noted to The Post that the jet’s pilots chose to fly through a dangerous storm — then attempted a risky escape that may have doomed them.“They certainly should have gone around [the storm],” said Crabbe, a veteran pilot and the CEO of Jettly, a charter-flight booking platform that actually had the Sunday’sLearjet 60 in its listings.“[Air-traffic control] gave them the flexibility to deviate around that weather,” he said.The expert said he doesn’t know why the pilots didn’t but suspects they were just eager to get to their destination, the Bahamas.

On board at the time were the two pilots and their passengers — a millionaire tech entrepreneur, his wife, their two little kids, two adult friends and the children’s nanny.“It’s a theory called ‘get-there-itis,’ and flight schools teach you this very early on,” Crabbe said.“It’s a risk factor.You have to sit back as a pilot and understand what is pushing you to do this trip, this maneuver, this journey in a way that may compromise the safety of the flight.”The plane’s co-pilot — 20-year-old Nathalia Filgueiras — requested and received clearance at 35,000 feet to ascend to 37,000 feet, above the foul weather, after reporting sub-zero outside temperatures and ice forming on the jet’s hull.

Ice is bad news for planes.It messes with the way air flows around the wings and makes it harder stay aloft.

Planes are equipped with de-icers, but ice can build up incredibly fast in the...