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Father of Florida Learjet co-pilot speaks about her final radio calls in crash
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Allan Filgueiras, father of 20-year-old co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras, spoke at a news conference Friday about the Learjet 60 crash in Florida on Sunday, which NBC News and the Associated Press say killed nine people on board. He said he has listened repeatedly to her final air traffic control calls while searching for a cause, and that they showed she stayed calm and kept control of the aircraft. The New York Post reports he said he wished he had been on the flight with her. Attorney Stuart Grossman, who represents the family, said the aim is to preserve her memory and reputation and called for an investigation.
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A Learjet 60 crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing nine people on board, according to NBC News and the Associated Press.
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- NBC News, ABC News
The 20-year-old co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras was among those killed, and her father Allan Filgueiras spoke at a news conference on Friday.
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- NBC News, ABC News
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- New York Post
The father said he has listened many times to her final air traffic control radio calls while trying to find out what caused the crash.
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- NBC News, ABC News
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- New York Post
The father said the recordings showed she stayed in control and kept a cool head during the emergency.
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The father said he wished he had been on the flight with his daughter.
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Attorney Stuart Grossman, who represents the family, said the aim is to preserve her memory and reputation.
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How each side tells it
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Every side present reports that the father of co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras spoke Friday about her final radio calls. Left-side outlets stress her composure and courage in the emergency, while the right-side outlet centers the father’s grief and wish to have been aboard.
the left
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Both left-side headlines center the father’s pride in his daughter’s conduct on the final radio calls, with her toughness and composure as the focus rather than the crash itself.
Father of young co-pilot killed in jet crash says recording shows she fought until the last minute
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The single right-side outlet, the New York Post, frames the story around the father’s emotion, headlining that he breaks down and wished he had been aboard; its coverage is a single newsroom’s report.
Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras’ dad breaks down as he reveals ‘I wanted to be by her side’ in final moments
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heartbreakingdistressing
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heartbroken father
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heartbreakingMore neutral: final radio transmissions
The adjective adds emotional drama in the outlet’s own voice to the description of the radio transmissions.
…Learjet crashed in Florida feels immense pride when he listens to his daughter’s heartbreaking final radio transmissions to try to figure out why it plunged from the sky
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heartbroken fatherMore neutral: father
The label stresses the father’s grief in the outlet’s own voice, while the facts reported need no description of his feelings.
The heartbroken father of the 20-year-old co-pilot killed on the Learjet that crashed in Florida last…
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distressingMore neutral: air traffic control call
The adjective adds emotional drama to the description of the call, which the outlet could describe without it.
Allan Filgueiras has listened to the distressing air traffic control call that recorded his daughter’s last words over and over…
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2 outletsLeads with
- her courage in the final minutes
- the father’s pride in her
- her fight to keep control of the jet
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Father of young co-pilot killed in jet crash says recording shows she fought until the last minute
Allan Filgueiras spoke in a news conference Friday for the first time since the jet his daughter, Nathalia Filgueiras, was co-piloting crashed in Florida, killing everyone on board.
Dad of co-pilot in Learjet crash says her final radio calls showed 'she's tough'
The father of the co-pilot who died along with eight others when her Learjet crashed in Florida feels immense pride when he listens to his daughter’s Sensational language“heartbreaking”The adjective adds emotional drama in the outlet’s own voice to the description of the radio transmissions.More neutral: final radio transmissionsDisagree with this highlight? final radio transmissions to try to figure out why it plunged from the sky
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0 outletsNo center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
From the right
1 outletLeads with
- the father’s grief
- his wish to have been on the flight
- her composure during the emergency
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- New York PostRight
Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras’ dad breaks down as he reveals ‘I wanted to be by her side’ in final moments
Allan Filgueiras wept as he praised his 20-year-old daughter, Nathalia, a co-pilot killed in a South Florida Learjet crash.
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ABC News, Nov 6, 1:21 PM EST
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Its first report, Nov 6, 1:41 PM EST
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- New York PostRightNov 6, 1:41 PM EST
- NBC NewsLeftNov 6, 2:17 PM EST
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