Texas tech entrepreneur and his family killed in Florida Learjet crash
Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp and their two young children are among the nine people killed when a Learjet 60 crashed in South Florida, with the co-pilot's role under investigation.
A Texas tech entrepreneur, his wife and their two young children are among the nine people killed when a Learjet 60 crashed in South Florida, according to reports naming the victims. Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp and their children, Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, were on board the Bahamas-bound plane when it went down on Sunday. All nine people on board died.
Reports said the passengers also included the children's nanny and friends travelling with the family. The aircraft crashed in South Florida shortly after the flight got under way, and the circumstances are now being examined by investigators. The role of the co-pilot is part of that inquiry, and officials have not yet released a final account of what caused the aircraft to go down.
Robinson was described in reports as a multimillionaire tech entrepreneur. Helen Sharp was in her forties, according to ages published in early reports, and the couple had built a family life together with their two young children. Family members have paid tribute to Emma and Charlie, with one relative saying they « were the light of their lives ». The tribute has been widely shared as the community around the family mourns the loss.
The crash has renewed attention on private jet travel, in which small aircraft carry families and business travellers on short international flights, including routes to the Bahamas. Aviation investigators typically examine flight data, maintenance records and crew qualifications in cases of this kind, and their findings will determine the cause. Until that work is complete, no conclusions about the reason for the crash have been made public.
The victims are being identified as details of the flight and the people on board emerge. Reports named the family first, and further information about the other passengers and crew is expected as the investigation continues. Relatives and friends have been left to grieve a family whose members were, according to those who knew them, central to each other's lives.
Source: express.co.uk
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