By Anthony Blair
The passengers on board a private jet that crashed in Florida, killing all on board, have been identified as a Texas multimillionaire tech entrepreneur, his wife, their young toddler children, the couple’s two friends and a nanny.
Adam Robinson, 44, and Helen Sharp, were among the nine killed when their $2 million Learjet 60 that they chartered from Austin to the Bahamas nosedived in Palm Beach County, Florida, family members have confirmed.
Also aboard were friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr and nanny Anita Maria Apellido Cetina.
Robinson, who was based in Austin, was founder and CEO of software companies Retention.com and RB2B. He previously worked at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital, according to his LinkedIn profile.
“Adam and Helen were devoted parents, and Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, were the light of their lives. Helen and Adam were the love affair that will last forever,” the Robinson, Fehr, and Cetina families wrote in a joint statement posted by relative Anthony Robinson.
“Charmi and Rachel were full of joy and adventure. They loved their people fiercely, fully and without hesitation … Anita Maria cared for Emma and Charlie with tenderness and devotion, and she was truly part of the family. She showed us a legacy of unconditional love and devotion,” the statement continued.
Helen was a ceramics artist who frequently shared videos of her works on her Instagram, as well as pictures of the couple’s two sweet young children, Bella and Emma.
Earlier, The Post identified the co-pilot as 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, a Florida-based pilot who got her license while still in high school.
The pilot has been identified as 55-year-old Jeff Gregory, an experienced pilot from Pennsylvania.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.