An ambulance crashed in Philadelphia. Six people on board died.
The Learjet 55 medical evacuation aircraft crashed shortly after taking a take-off of Philadelphia in the northeast. The air ambulance company, which belonged to a crashed plane, said that there were four crew members on board, one patient of the pediatric department and the accompanying person. The Jet Rescue Air Ambulant statement says:
“At present, we cannot confirm the presence of survivors.”
Local media write about many wounded – the disaster occurred at about 18:30 near the Roosevelt Mall shopping center. The plane entered the peak, crashed into the ground and exploded. Data on the victims are clarified, Writes Air Force.
The mayor of Philadelphia Sherell Parker reported at a press conference from the scene that several houses and cars lit up on the ground. Two hours later, fires put out fires.
The air ambulance plane flew out of the North-East Philadelphia airport and was heading to Springfield Branson to Missouri. The representative of the Jet Rescue Air Ambulans, Shai Gold told the NBC local channel that the plane was transporting a girl from Mexico, who was treated in the United States from a dangerous disease. There were five more people aboard – the mother of the child, the pilot, the second pilot, doctor and paramedic, said the representative of the company.
The reasons for the crash are still unknown. At the time of the disaster, there was cool and rainy weather with poor visibility.
This The second consecutive plane crash in the USA. On Thursday, Washington as a result of a collision of the Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft and Sikorsky H-60 (Black Hawk) military helicopter killed 67 people.
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