NASA boss slams trolls who blame young co-pilot for deadly Florida Learjet crash

NASA’s billionaire boss blasted sick online trolls blaming a 20-year-old co-pilot for the deadly Learjet crash that killed nine people in Florida on Sunday.Jared Isaacman — the daredevil private astronaut who once commanded one of the world’s largest private fighter jet fleets — tore into armchair aviation experts Monday for attacking 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, the young co-pilot who died in the fiery disaster near Palm Beach.“I feel compelled to post after seeing commentary about the Lear 60 crash, from missile strikes to DEI to critiquing this poor woman’s final radio calls … That last part is what I find most troubling,” Isaacman wrote on X.“She was doing her job, communicating with ATC right to the end in a terrifying situation,” he added.The billionaire aviation enthusiast, who founded Draken in 2011 before selling the company in 2019, warned that internet sleuths were rushing to judgment before investigators had determined what brought down the doomed Bombardier Learjet 60.The jet was flying in freezing, stormy weather at roughly 35,000 feet when Filgueiras reported icing and turbulence.The young aviator — who earned her pilot’s license in high school and had around 1,800 hours of flight time — was likely handling comms as the pilot, veteran aviator Captain Jeff Gregory, was on the controls, experts told The Post.She made a request to climb above the storm — then suddenly gave a desperate mayday call, reporting that the plane was plummeting downward, according to air traffic control audio.Filgueiras continued to update ATC on the plane’s speed and altitude up until the final seconds — when she yelled “Holy f—k … We’re out of time!” just before the radio goes dead.Investigators have said the plane appeared to break apart before impact, scattering wreckage across a half-mile stretch near a trailer park.“I understand the public interest given the footage and audio.

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