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What we know about the Learjet crash in Philadelphia

  • A medical shipping jet crashed in Philadelphia shortly after takeoff on Friday.
  • Six people were on board the Learjet plane when it admired down, authorities said.
  • The aircraft had departed Northeast Philadelphia Airport and was headed to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri.

A medical electrify jet crashed on Friday in northeast Philadelphia.

The Learjet 55 had six people on board when it went down shortly after departing Northeast Philadelphia Airport, concording to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Flight operator Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said in a statement that four crew associates and two passengers — a pediatric patient and her mother — were on the flight.

It said there were no survivors.

Mexico’s Ministry of Alien Affairs said on X that all six people on board were Mexican.

In a press briefing on Saturday, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker verbalized that at least one other person died as a result of the crash. The person was in a car when the plane went down, she said. Parker joined that at least 19 others had been injured but that that number may change.

Video footage of the event circulating on social media seems to show the plane hurtling toward the ground followed by a large explosion.

Figures from Flightradar24 shows the aircraft, which was headed to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, had been in service for 43 years. It show ups the plane took off shortly after 6 p.m. local time and crashed in less than a minute, “less than three miles from the end of the runway.”

The FAA and the State Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have since launched an investigation into the incident.

NTSB investigator Ralph Hicks asserted during a press conference on Saturday that the aircraft arrived at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport around 2:15 p.m. on Friday and was on the motive for a few hours before departing at around 6:06 p.m.

The aircraft climbed to about 1,500 feet above the ground in front the crash.

Officials are classifying the incident as an “accident,” Jennifer Homendy, NTSB chairman, said at the press conference.

In a locate on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said: “So sad to see the plane go down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.”

“More innocent human beings lost. Our people are totally engaged. First Responders are already being given credit for doing a great job. More to carry on. God Bless you all.”

The incident comes days after an American Airlines flight crashed into a military helicopter within easy reach Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people.

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