A medical transport plane transported a pediatric patient and five other people crashed last night in a neighborhood north-east of Philadelphiatransforming itself into a fireball and setting on several houses. According to Sean Duffy, new transport secretary, there were at least six people of Mexican nationality On the aircraft which, according to the police, was on medical mission.
The company owner of the plane says that there are no confirmations that someone has survived the accident and, adds the police, there are several injured on the ground. Other sources referred to the CBS News that parts and debris of the plane have affected several cars in the area, a densely residential neighborhood, rich in terraced houses. Many roads have been closed after the accident.
The crash took place less than 5 kilometers from the Northeast Philadelphia airport, which mainly serves company jets and Charter flights. The photos taken at the scene of the accident show several residential houses in flames. The firefighters confirmed how several structures were involved in the bonfires created by the accident, in the area of Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard. “Other innocent souls were lost in this sad accident”, was the comment of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, on his social Truth platform, once he learned the news.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a declaration confirming that the precipitated plane was a Learjet 55 and that the people involved are actually six. According to some local media, a pilot, a doctor, another crew member and a child, the patient to be transported, accompanied by an adult were present in the plane. «The plane was heading towards the National Airport of Springfield-Branson in Missouri. Faa and NTSB will investigate what happened », reads the FAA declaration. The flight data tell of a small jet took off from the airport at 6.06 pm, local time, and then disappeared from the radar about 30 seconds later, after climbing an altitude of almost 500 meters.
It is not clear what the accident caused. The governor, Josh Shapiro, wrote on social media that he is in contact with the mayor and rescuers. “We are offering all possible resources,” he said. The videos published on social media show a great explosion and a dense column of smoke that raises quickly from the impact place, not far from a very popular shopping center.