A Florida pilot's innocent post about flying Lenny Kravitz inadvertently sparked terrifying rumors the singer had been killed in a plane crash over the weekend.

Nathalia Gadelha, 20, was co-piloting a Learjet 60 on Sunday when it crashed near West Palm Beach. 

The plane banked 60 degrees, meaning it was flying sideways, before it crashed in a fireball by the side of the road, killing all nine people who were on board. 

In the wake of the fatal crash, Kravitz, 62, began trending online as fans mistakenly believed he had been killed in the disaster, due to a pilot posting about flying him along the same flight path as the crashed jet.

'The reports [of Kravitz's death] are untrue and incorrect,' Kravitz’s rep, Carleen Donovan told The Daily Mail on Monday.

Speculation Kravitz had boarded the flight picked up momentum on social media after a female pilot, who was mistakenly identified as flying the doomed plane, posted she was flying Kravitz along the flight path taken by the Learjet 60.

Emily Shelton wrote in a now-deleted post: 'Honored to be flying the one and only Lenny Kravitz from [Austin-Bergstrom International Airport] to [North Eleuthera Airport, Bahamas] tomorrow. 

'Looking forward to having him on board. It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over is gonna be playing in the cockpit.'

Shelton later took to TikTok to confirm she was not the pilot, saying: 'I was recently made aware that there are rumors that I was the pilot of the recent crash in Palm Beach.

'I would like to respectfully clarify I was not. I ask that people please stop speculating and spreading misinformation on this tragedy and be respectful of those involved.

'My heart goes out to all those lost and affected.'

Family members of co-pilot Gadelha confirmed to The New York Post that she was behind the controls of the aircraft when it plummeted to the ground.

Gadelha grew up in Palm Beach County and previously featured in a local media report after first getting her pilot license in 2023 at the age of 17. 

She told CBS12: 'I definitely do brag because people say, "Oh, you can’t drive," and I’m like, "Yeah, but I can fly".' 

Her mother Camila often shared images of Gadelha and her siblings traveling on private jets, with her father Allan also having his pilot's license.

Camila told The New York Times: 'She loved the freedom. It was completely different seeing the world from the top.' 

The man, who has not been identified, could be heard saying 'who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name' in air traffic control audio released in the wake of Sunday's crash in West Palm Beach, Florida. 

While the man prayed, Gadelha could be heard saying that the Learjet 60 had banked 60 degrees, meaning it was flying sideways. 

Moments later, the plane crashed in a fireball by the side of the road, killing all nine people who were on board. 

The identities of the rest onboard have yet to be released, with officials set to hold a press conference and share more information later on Monday.

Initial speculation has pointed to stormy weather as a possible cause for the crash, which happened as the $2 million business jet was flying from Austin in Texas to the Bahamas. 

Some aviation experts have suggested the plane may have fallen foul of 'coffin corner' while trying to climb above two storm systems, known as cells. 

Coffin corner is a phenomenon whereby the jet's minimum safe speed and maximum safe speed converge into a very narrow range at high altitude, making it extremely difficult to fly safely. 

If the plane goes too slow or too fast it will stall and quickly become uncontrollable. 

Former pilot Martin Varsavsky, who now runs his own AI firm, posted to X saying that he believed that bad weather in the area could have caused the fatal error. 

He said: 'The radars clearly showed those cells; in light jets, the rule is to deviate with a good margin, not to fly through them - this could be an error by the woman who was piloting. 

'What storms do by changing the outside temperature is that airplanes can no longer stay aloft at the same speed. It's called the coffin corner. Or they become very difficult to keep under control.' 

Weather conditions in the West Palm Beach area on Sunday afternoon were poor, overcast with rain and lightning in the area and winds from the east at 15 mph, gusting to near 25 mph. The National Weather Service in Miami said visibility was seven miles.

The flight had set off from Austin, Texas, bound for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas before its path abruptly ended just near West Palm Beach, according to flight data.

The impact left debris scattered across a significant distance and a massive crater in the road, but authorities said nobody on the ground was injured or killed in the crash.