Seven dead, and possible more as helicopter fireball decimates neighborhood.
At least one person on the ground killed in Philadelphia plane crash, mayor says
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Published Feb. 1, 2025
Updated Feb. 1, 2025, 1:08 p.m. ET
One person on the ground was among those killed when a small medevac jet crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood Friday night, injuring at least 19 others — while horrified residents watched the unfolding “carnage in their communities,” officials said Saturday.
The fiery wreck killed all six people on board the Learjet 55 that took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport — including a young girl from Mexico who was receiving “life-saving treatment” in the US, her mother, a doctor, paramedic, pilot, and co-pilot.
A seventh victim was killed in a car on the street when the plane went down on Cottman Avenue near Roosevelt Mall, Mayor Cherelle Parker confirmed Saturday.