Six people on-board as plane crashes in northeast Philadelphia

Published 1 month ago• 2 minute read

Six people have been confirmed onboard the plane that crashed in northeast Philadelphia Friday evening.

According to a release by Jet Rescue, an Air Ambulance crashed near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport just after 6:30 p.m.

Officials that there were four crew members, two pilots, two doctors, as well as a pediatric patient, and an escort on board.

An official with that all six people were from Mexico and that the child on-board was with her mother, according to a Jet Rescue Air Ambulance spokesperson

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance has a released a statement:
Friday at approximately 18:25 EST, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, experienced a crash. The aircraft XA-UCI, Learjet 55, crashed after take off from Philadelphia. There were four (4) crew members and one (2) passengers (pediatric patient and escort) on board. No further information is available at this time. At this time, we cannot confirm any survivors. No names are being released at this time until family members have been notified. Our immediate concern is for the patient’s family, our personnel, their families and other victims that may have been hurt on the ground. More information will be released as it becomes available.
Jet Rescue

The plane, a Learjet 55, was taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport just after 6:00 p.m., and was on the way to Springfield, Missouri before going to its final destination in Tijuana, according United States Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.

The identities of those onboard are unknown at this time.

It is unclear at this time if they were injured, but police did say that there are several injuries reported on the ground.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. The NTSB will lead the investigation.

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