Learjet expert reveals 'crucial errors' which may have caused tragic Florida crash

Learjet expert reveals 'crucial errors' which may have caused tragic Florida crash After flying through the storm, the situation began to deteriorate. Once a plane starts nose diving along with fragments of the aircraft breaking apart, little can be done by the pilot. An expert has claimed that several 'crucial errors' may have contributed to the tragic Learjet plane crash which claimed the lives of all those onboard. Justin Crabbe has been speaking about the doomed trip that the private plane made from Texas to the Bahamas on Sunday, crash landing near a trailer park just miles from US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Largo estate in Florida. Investigations into the crash are ongoing. But the aviation expert has revealed that the pilot's decision to fly through a severe storm and attempt a risky escape could have contributed to the fatal plane crash. The Learjet 60, a more than $2 million aircraft, crashed near a trailer park with all nine people on board, including two small children, were killed in the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is examining all potential factors that may have led to the crash. Now, Mr Crabbe has pointed to come human errors that he believes may have contributed to the disaster. "They certainly should have gone around [the storm]," Mr Crabbe told the New York Post . Mr Crabbe is a veteran pilot and the CEO of Jettly, a charter-flight booking platform. Jettly had the Sunday's Learjet 60 in its listings. "[Air-traffic control] gave them the flexibility to deviate around that weather," he said, and assumed the crew avoided an alternative route because they were eager to touch down at the Bahamas. "It's a theory called 'get-there-itis', and flight schools teach you this very early on," Mr 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 manoeuvre, this journey in a way that may compromise the safety of the flight." After flying through the storm, the situation began to deteriorate. Co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras requested air traffic control increase the aircraft's altitude by 2000 feet amid reports of icing conditions and moderate turbulence. Ice accumulates on an aircraft when it flies through clouds or precipitation that contains supercooled water droplets. It can have a huge impact on how an aircraft flies. When an aircraft's wings strikes these water droplets, the sudden impact causes them to freeze instantly and accumulate on the wings. This can change the shape of the wing, reduce the aircraft's lift, increase the drag and the stall speed - it also makes the plane more difficult to control. While the Learjet involved in the crash included a de-icer, Mr Crabbe noted that trying to fly out of danger may have ultimately doomed the plane. "They tried to ascend to get to clearer air, which may have been one of the contributing factors toward accelerating that stall," he said. This means the pilot had two options: ascend and risk a stall or dive further into the storm and risk more ice build-up. "It's extremely easy to say this from the ground and from a position of safety," Mr Crabbe said of the options. According to NOAA data, even if the jet had successfully attempted a last-ditch ascent, it may not have achieved much. "This was kind of the perfect storm of trouble," said aviation lawyer Zachary Gorwitz. Mr Gorwitz, who investigates and litigates air crashes, said: "You had turbulence. You had icing. You had precipitation. And you had incredibly tall thunderstorms that seem to have formed very quickly." Once a plane starts nose diving along with fragments of the aircraft breaking apart, little can be done by the pilot. "At that point, I'm sure the pilot was trying to pull back on the controls and get the nose up, but I'm sure at that speed and that angle, it just wasn't possible," Mr Gorwitz said.