Goa, Nov. 3 -- A 20-year-old co-pilot's desperate distress call to air traffic control moments before a Learjet crashed and exploded in South Florida has emerged, shedding light on the terrifying final moments of the flight.

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras was piloting the small Learjet when it crashed earlier this week while travelling from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas.

In audio recordings of the air traffic control communications captured by LiveATC.net, Filgueiras can be heard reporting severe difficulties as ice accumulated on the aircraft. She also reported an outside air temperature of minus 47 degrees Celsius and moderate turbulence that caused the aircraft to bounce by up to 700 feet.

Moments later, the 20-year-old co-pilot issued...