Family members ID victims in Florida plane crash

The loved ones of people killed in a plane crash over the weekend identified the victims Monday, which included a Texas technology CEO and his family.

The fatal crash of a LearJet plane on Sunday saw all nine people aboard die. Viral footage of the incident spread across social media, showing the plane appear to collide with a car at a roadway intersection. Federal investigators are looking into the crash.

Family members have identified two victims as 44-year-old Adam Robinson and his wife Helen Sharp, who chartered a $2 million Learjet 60 from Austin to the Bahamas, which nosedived in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Their two toddler children were also killed, along with friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr and nanny Anita Maria Apellido Cetina, according to the New York Post.

“Adam and Helen were devoted parents, and Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, were the light of their lives," the Robinson, Fehr, and Cetina families wrote in a joint statement posted by relative Anthony Robinson. "Helen and Adam were the love affair that will last forever.

“Charmi and Rachel were full of joy and adventure. They loved their people fiercely, fully and without hesitation," the statement continued. "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."

Robinson, who was based in Austin, was founder and CEO of software companies Retention.com and RB2B.

The flight's co-pilot has been identified as 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras and the pilot as 55-year-old Jeff Gregory, an experienced pilot from Pennsylvania.

The cause of the crash is still unknown.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.