According to officials, a tiny medical plane carrying six passengers crashed Friday night near a shopping complex in Northeast Philadelphia, reportedly leaving no survivors and igniting a massive firestorm that set houses and cars on fire. According to Shai Gold, a spokeswoman for Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company that owns the Learjet 55, the aircraft was taking a young female patient from Philadelphia, where she had finished her treatment, to her home in Mexico. He also mentioned that two pilots, a doctor, and a paramedic were on board, along with her mother.
According to Mel Bower, a spokeswoman for the hospital, the patient received treatment at Philadelphia's Shriners Children's. According to Mexico's Foreign Ministry, all six passengers on the aircraft were Mexican. Several cars and an apartment complex were set on fire by the plane's burning debris. A few blocks around a half-mile radius were blocked off. Locals reported smelling fuel and seeing dense smoke billowing from the collision site.
According to Temple Health spokeswoman Jennifer Reardon, a number of those hurt in the collision were transported there. Without specifying whether they had been on the plane or on the ground, she stated that three were discharged following treatment and three others were still in the hospit According to Mr. Gold, the aircraft was scheduled to make a fuel stop in Missouri before to arriving at Tijuana International Airport. He went on to say that until family members were informed, he would not provide any identities.
He stated that he was "doubtful that there are any survivors" given the severity of the collision and the debris field. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft crashed while en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. According to local authorities, it crashed at around 6 p.m. across from the Roosevelt Mall, close to Cottman and Bustleton Avenues. "A number of residences and automobiles were affected," Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker stated during a press conference. She advised citizens to stay indoors if at all possible and to avoid touching anything that appeared to be rubbish.
The cause of the plane crash is unknown. According to the aviation tracking website Flightradar24, the jet crashed to the ground less than three miles from the runway's end within a minute of takeoff. According to the website, data transmitted by the aircraft showed that it was dropping at 11,000 feet per minute at one point. According to an audio transmission, an air traffic controller made many attempts to contact the pilot after the aircraft took off but received no answer. There was a long pause before a controller announced, "We have a lost aircraft." We're trying to figure out what happened because we don't know exactly what it is. Less than a mile from the scene of the incident, 38-year-old Killiom Pontes, manager of a cellular store, reported that the impact had shaken the store's glass.
After driving to the scene, which he characterized as a busy commercial area, he added, "At first, I thought it was an earthquake, but then we saw the big boom." He went on, "I noticed a large hole in the ground." "The sheer amount of debris astounded me." Cellular electrician Samuel Landis, 22, said that he had been sent to a construction site that was ultimately demolished. He remarked, "The plane crashed right where we were supposed to be, but we're just here to work." "We're not going to do that right now." The jet crashed in front of the Roosevelt Mall, according to Kristen Moore, a spokesman for Brixmor Property Group, the ...See More
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