According to a representative from Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, those on board the plane were a pilot, co-pilot, physician, paramedic, a pediatric patient, and an escort for the patient. According to NBC10 in Philadelphia , the patient on board the plane was a girl who was returning to Mexico after receiving treatment for a life-threatening illness in the U. Officials also say they were heading to Springfield to refuel on the way back to Mexico.
The crash happened less than 3 miles 4. Photos taken at the crash site appear to show residential homes on fire. Flight data showed a small jet taking off from the airport at p. The plane crashed in a busy intersection near Roosevelt Mall, an outdoor shopping center where first responders were blocking traffic and onlookers crowded onto a street corner in the residential neighborhood of Rhawnhurst. One cellphone video taken by a witness moments after the plane crashed showed a chaotic scene with debris scattered across the intersection.
A wall of orange glowed just beyond the intersection as a plume of black smoke quickly rose into the sky and sirens blared.
Jim Quinn, 56, lives about a half-mile 1 kilometer from the crash site. He was leaving his home Friday evening when he heard the crash. We just turned around and saw the big plume. Quinn then went inside and looked at his doorbell camera footage, which captured a streak of white diving down from the sky, followed by what he described as a fireball. Quinn said that the blast shook houses in the residential neighborhood, and that it was congested with traffic that was redirected from the crash site.
The company, based in Mexico, flew baseball hall of famer David Ortiz to Boston after he was shot in the Dominican Republic in and was involved in transporting patients critically ill with COVID The NTSB, which investigates air crashes, said it was gathering information about the crash.
