Shai Gold, a spokesperson for the company, said it's unlikely anyone on board survived - including four crew members, a pediatric patient, and the patient's escort. They confirmed in an official statement:.
The pediatric patient among those on board was a child from Mexico who had come to the country for life-saving treatment and was heading back home. The plane, however, crashed a mere 3 miles from the airport.
A spokesperson for Shriners Children's Philadelphia Hospital , where the young patient was being treated, said in a statement to NBC Philadelphia that the child had been treated at the institution and was traveling with her mother. While Philadelphia mayor Cherelle Parker declared the "exact casualties to be unknown," the company operating the air ambulance service confirmed the deaths of the pilot, a copilot, a physician, and a paramedic, along with the young patient and her mother.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro took to X formerly Twitter to announce that he's in touch with city officials:. Todd Sheridan Yeary , a former FAA air traffic controller, suggested that with the aircraft cleared for takeoff and known for its reliability, a critical issue likely arose shortly after it was airborne. The Northeast Philadelphia crash comes at the heels of one of the deadliest aviation mishaps on American soil when a Black Hawk military chopper collided with an American Airlines plane.
Your login session has expired. Please logout and login again. Human Interest. Human Interest Plane that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia was carrying a child from Mexico who had undergone life-saving treatment at a children's hospital. By Ravjit Singh. Modified Feb 01, ET.
