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what to know
- At least seven people were killed and 19 were injured when an air ambulance crashed on the ground in a busy north -pre -Philadelphia neighborhood.
- Friday’s accident included a child among the dead who were treating Philadelphia Hospital and her mother. All medical transport jets were from Mexico.
- Philadelphia Mayor Cherael Parker said on Saturday that a person was killed in a car.
A person in a car was the seventh person who was killed A fierce accident of an air ambulance On a busy Northeast Philadelphia Street, authorities said on Saturday, February 1, 2025, as investigators were killed via rubble for burnt cars, damaged houses and clues, to determine that immediately after the plane takes off Why did it fall
After taking six people, including a child spending months in treatment in a hospital, Chhota Jet went down after 6 pm and went down just after departing from the north -east Philadelphia Airport, causing a large -scale fire by the witnesses. Described as a circle and left the scene of a chaotic road. At least 19 people were injured, although most of the hospitals were released.
Officials could not yet say why the jet crashed, and the city managing director Adam Theal said that these days could be – or long – as long as the officer was completely dead and injured. Are not able to count completely. Appear area.
Seven dead and 19 injuries, although the toll may be high
Saturday morning, February 1, 2025Officials said, seven – six on the jet and 19 in the car – and 19 were injured.
There are many unknown about “where the roads were on the streets” when the aircraft crashed, and it is possible that casualties will increase in the coming days.
The aircraft hit the ground after 6 pm on Friday evening, and Philadelphia Mayor Cherael Parker said it was for a very short time before the crash.
“Suddenly I heard like a ‘boom’, and I felt it was a thunder,” said Selkuk Coke, a waiter at the four season dinner on Cottman Avenue. “And I get up and look at smoke and fire, it was like a balloon, I felt that it was a gas station.”
Coke said that a dinner patron collided with a small but heavy metal object, which flew from the window.
The spokespersons of Temple University Hospital-Jeles and Jefferson Health, who used to treat the injured, said that most of the patients they saw were issued by noon, but at least three were hospitalized.
The scene of the accident was at least four to six blocks, and the authorities were working to assess the loss, including going home to go home to go home, that was said.
The child patient had just treated for the situation of life-threatening
Officials said that among six people aboard the medical transport jet, there was a child, who had just treated Shriners Children Philadelphia Hospital, one was her mother and four crew members.
A hospital spokesman said that the girl spent four months, in which Mexico received life-saving treatment for not being easily treated. Shriners officials said that they could not give details about the girl or her family due to the concerns of patient privacy.
“His journey was one of Asha and Akanksha,” spokesperson Mel Bover told Philadelphia Inquareer. He said that the girl formed with the employees was “true and dear,” and he would be remembered a lot, he said.
All the victims on the jet were from Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Shinbam said they were all from his country. In a statement by social media platform X, he mourned his death.
“Consular officers are in constant touch with families; I have asked the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to support whatever is necessary. My solidarity with their loved ones and friends,” he said in Spanish.
XE Medical Ambulance, a Mexican Emergency Service, One of the victims identified a doctor, Raul Meja as one of the victimsIn a post on X, it was stated that he was a newborn service chief and was assigned to an ISEM Etiquetha Hospital, located in the state of Mexico near Mexico City.
Neither Philadelphia officials nor the aircraft owner Jet Rescue Air Ambulance has publicly confirmed the identity of the dead.
Tijuana was the last destination of the flight after a stop at Missouri.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, which operated Mexico-Penked Learjet 55, is located in the country and operated in both there and America
Company spokesperson Shai Gold said that an experienced crew operated the aircraft and all flight crews undergo rigorous training.
“When such an incident occurs, it is shocking and surprising,” Gold said. “All aircraft are creating, not a penny because we know that our mission is so important.”
The Philadelphia accident was the second fatal incident for jet rescue in 15 months. Five crews were killed in 2023 when their aircraft fell out of a runway in the central Mexican state of Morelos and crashed into a hill.
Accident falls on the heels of disastrous DC Middle collision
Accident bus arrived Two days after the deadliest American air disaster in a generationOn Wednesday night, an American airline jet collided with 60 passengers and four crew members in Washington, DC, with an army helicopter to three soldiers. No one was left.
In Philadelphia, a doorbell camera captured the video of the aircraft in a white and explosion streak, along with a shopping mall and collision with the ground near the Major Roadway.
“We heard that there was a loud roar and did not know where it was coming from. We just roam around and looked at the big plum, ”said Jim Quinn, owner of the doorbell camera.
The accident occurred at a distance of less than 3 miles from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, which mainly serves business jets and charter flights.
Disappeared from radar after removing Learjet
Learjet 55 quickly disappeared from the radar after leaving the airport at 6:06 pm and climbed a height of 1,600 feet (487 m). According to the flight tracking website Flight Aware, it was registered in a company working as a med jet.
Shortly after 6 pm, the audio recorded by LiveATC captured an air traffic controller, stating that “Medevac Medservice 056” to turn right to departure. About 30 seconds after asking the request before asking, “You on frequency?” After minutes the controller says, “We have a lost aircraft. We are not sure what happened, so we are trying to find it. The ground is going to be closed for now. ,
37 -year -old Michael Shiawon, sitting at his house in Mefare in a nearby neighborhood, heard a loud blast and was shaken the house.
“There was a big explosion, so I thought we were attacking for a second,” he said.
The FAA said that the National Transport Safety Board would lead the investigation. The NTSB said that an investigator arrived on Friday and more officials would come there on Saturday.
Levi reported from Harrisburg. Associated Press Writors Halley Golden, John O’Coner and Sader Atanasio contributed.
