What do we know about the victims of the collision of Philadelphia
A Medevac plane carried by a child, mother and four crew members Collapsed near the Roosevelt Shopping Center in Philadelphia Friday night. All those on the plane were killed in a tragedy. Although not much is known about who was on a doomed medical flight, some details were published.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, Global Emergency Flying Company that manages the plane, said his Learjet 55 crashed as he started from northeast Philadelphia Airport at about 6:30 pm, the company said they were all flight on board Mexican nationals.
“The plane was charged with jet fuel, which was very flammable. There is no indication that anyone survived, and in the fraud field I would be pleasantly surprised to learn otherwise,” said Air Air Ambulance spokesman Shai Gold.
Gold described the pilot and co -pilot as “very experienced”, saying that “they know the job, and do it many times.”
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Later, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed that six nationals had been killed on the plane. Sheinbaum added that she sent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do whatever needed to support the families of the victims.
In addition to the child and mother, there was a pilot, a ko-pilot, a doctor and a paramedic on the plane.
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Children’s Hospital Shriners in Philadelphia In a statement of X, he confirmed that the young girl was a patient.
“Shriners Children is broken to confirm that one of our pediatric patients and the mother of a child was on the ship of air aid Jet Rescue, who collapsed in Philadelphia last night,” the hospital reports. By citing concern for patients’ privacy, the hospital did not give further details.
“Our hearts and prayers come out to the families of medical crews and pilots who have also been lost in this tragic event – as well as all the people affected on the field – and we are grateful to the first respondents on their persons fast shop.”
In addition to those on board, several people were injured on the ground near the collision. This included an 11-year-old boy, a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, According to NBC10local news.
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President Donald Trump took the truth of Social to respond to the tragedy.
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“It’s sad to see the plane descend to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More innocent souls have been lost. Our people are completely engaged,” Trump wrote. “The first answers are already deserved for a great job. More to follow. God bless you.”
The collision in Philadelphia comes just a few days after a deadly aircraft collision near Washington, DC, which took the lives of 67 people. The cause of the collision in Philadelphia, as well as the total number of victims, remains unknown.
Alexandra Koch, Lorraine Taylor and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.