A medical transport plane carrying a child and her mother crashed into a shopping centre in North Philadelphia on Friday, January 31. The accident occurred at around 6.30pm moments after taking off from Philadelphia Airport.
The jet plane, a Learjet 55, was due to make a stop at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri when it went down for reasons so far unknown. The mother and child were making their way back to their home in Mexico.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, which operated the Learjet 55, said in a statement, ‘We cannot confirm any survivors.’ There was no immediate word whether anyone on the ground was killed, but at least six people were treated for injuries at a Philadelphia hospital.
A spokesperson for Temple University Hospital-Jeanes, Jennifer Reardon, said they had treated six people with injuries from the crash. Three of those had since been released, and the others were not in life-threatening condition. She wasn’t able to provide information about their injuries or where the people were when they sustained them.
The crash came just two days after the deadliest U.S. air disaster in a generation. On Wednesday night, an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided in midair in Washington, DC, with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.
