A tech entrepreneur and his family were among nine people killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in South Florida on its way to the Bahamas.

The crash killed Adam Robinson, his wife, Helen Sharp, and their children, four-year-old Emma and two-year-old Charlie, according to a statement from the families of the seven passengers.

Anita Maria Cetina, who helped care for the children, also died.

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras was the co-pilot flying the Learjet.

Filgueiras earned her pilot’s licence in 2023 when she was a 17-year-old senior at West Boca Raton Community High School, according to local news reports at the time.

Two more victims were identified as Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr. The identity of the other pilot was not immediately disclosed.

“Our hearts are also with the families of the pilots, who are grieving alongside us,” the families of the seven said.

Robinson, Sharp and their children lived in Aspen, Colorado. He was a co-founder of Robly, an email marketing platform, and founder of Retention.com, which uses technology to connect e-commerce website visitors to their email addresses.

“I feel like I’m living the dream,” Robinson, 45, said recently on the ProfitLed podcast.

“I love the fact that I get to see my kids in the morning and the evening, and I don’t have to travel for work that much, and I get to live in this place that’s always been my dream,” he said.

“And my wife is super happy because she can be a full-time artist.”

Filgueiras’ pilot’s licence showed she had the rating to fly the jet but not to be in command of the flight.

The Palm Beach County School District paid for her licence as part of the high school’s specialised aviation academy, in which students practice flying on simulators and drones.

“Some people think that it’s weird that I can fly planes, but I can’t drive a car,” Filgueiras told WPEC-TV in 2023.

“I think it’s funny.”