A Mexican child, who was treated for an undisclosed ailment in the United States was among those feared dead, as the plane they were flying crashed shortly after take-off on Friday night.
The tragic event is came just two days after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided in midair in Washington, D.C., with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors in that crash.
The medical transport jet crashed near a popular mall in Northeast Philadelphia. The company says a pediatric patient were among those on board and presumed dead.
The Learjet 55 , according to reports, departed from Northeast Philadelphia Airport shortly before it crashed.
According to Shai Gold, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance spokesperson, all six people aboard were from Mexico. A child had been treated in Philadelphia for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home to Mexico.
The patient and her mother were on board along with four crew members. Gold said, the plane which had seasoned crew was on a “medical assignment” and was headed to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri.
The plane possibly hit multiple buildings in the area.
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a news conference late Friday that officials expect fatalities in this “awful aviation disaster.”
“We know that there will be loss,” he said.
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