Plane crash in Philadelphia, 6 people on board; multiple houses on fire, massive emergency response
Officials said that a small medical jets with six people crashed in the northeast of Philadelphia on Friday night. It is unclear whether anyone survives. Philadelphia police said several people on the ground were injured.
According to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft was a Learjet 55 and just left the Philadelphia Northeast Airport to the airport of Springfield, Missouri.
After leaving the aircraft at about 6:07 pm, the plane hit a community Philadelphia police confirmed by a community Philadelphia police near Roosevelt Shopping Center.
New confirmation Transport Secretary Sean Duffy (Sean Duffy) There are six people on the plane. According to a statement from Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, six include the escort of four units, a child with a patient and patient.
The hospital spokesman Mel Bower said the pediatric patient was a girl in Mexico, who was treated in Shriners Children Philadelphia. Her treatment was over, and she was going home when the plane crashed.
Ball said: “This is very difficult and extremely difficult. Those who directly participated in her care were very aware of her going home, and today she actually brought her dispatch.”
He said Shriners’s hospital community was greatly affected by this, and their patients were their families. Ball said that the nursing of the hospital is not only in the clinical field, but also surpassed the personal level.
When asked if she liked the celebration that celebrated earlier on Friday, Ball said, “I’m sure she has done it. Our employees-they are very hard to bring joy, laughter and excitement into the clinical aspects of various clinical aspects. On the one hand.
Ball said the two doctors on the plane were not affiliated with Shriners, but the Jet Rescue Air ambulance.
Shriners Hospital provides children with unique medical services, with a history of more than 100 years According to its website.
one Translation statement from the Mexico Foreign Ministry Six people who confirmed that Mexican citizenship traveled on a crash in the northeast of Philadelphia.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said in the previous statement that it cannot “confirm any survivor” and add that it will not release the names on the ship before notifying the family.
Police said that many people were injured on the ground. According to a spokesman for the Hospital of the University of Temple, the six were taken to the jeans campus in Templer. The hospital said that the three were treated and released, and the three were still in a fair state.
The FAA and the National Transport Safety Commission are investigating the crash. NTSB will investigate leaders.
President Trump said in social media posts: “It is really sad to see that the plane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.” “The more innocent soul is lost. Our people are completely involved. Very good and praise.
Mike Driscoll, a member of Philadelphia, described the crash of the plane as “positive emergency response” with “large -scale casualties” on it.
Jared Solomon, a state member of the northeast of Philadelphia, said he saw hundreds of first -aid personnel trying to help the community when facing danger.
“During a serious tragedy period, I was inspired and witnessed hundreds of our first -aid personnel rushing towards danger to ensure the safety of our nearby. Brave firefighters and police officers that ensure our safety. ”
Mayor of Philadelphia said that the number of deaths was unknown
At a press conference on Friday night, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said she “had no report on the number of deaths.”
Parker added: “Therefore, now, we are just praying for anyone who may be affected.”
Parker said several houses and vehicles were affected. Alert residents stay in the area.
Parker said: “We urge you to be away from the scene. If you see debris, please call 911. Don’t touch anything. This is still a positive scene of investigation.”
Parker said the federal and state agencies are either on the way to Philadelphia or on the ground.
Multiple fires, aircraft parts collision
Fire officials said that after the crash, multiple houses were on fire on the Kutman Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The crash area is a densely populated residential area with a row of rows.
Police sources told Colombia Broadcasting News that Philadelphia Chief Investigation Reporter Joe Holden hit a part of the aircraft into the area. Sources said that some companies near Roosevelt Shopping Center were also on fire.
Circle camera video from a house in the area The moment the jet jet crashedEssence
Philadelphia Emergency Management Office Share photos on the scene of the northeast of PhiladelphiaEssence Officials said that the region’s roads were closed in parts of Roosevelt Avenue. When several authorities responded, residents and drivers were required to avoid the area.
Philadelphia OEM said The driver should expect to extend the closure Roosevelt Boulevard and Bustlet Avenue and the Cottman Avenue between the external south lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard, they continued to respond to the scene.
The neighbors feel that their home is shaking
Neighbors in the area reported that their houses shaken when the plane fell.
“I saw the flashing lights in the sky. I just saw them come down,” a 10 -year -old boy said on his way home in a hockey. “This is really terrible.”
Jimmy Weis drove in the area while the plane fell.
Weis said, “I just drove, I saw a lot of police activities, and someone sent me a text message. I was near here, there was an airplane crash.” “And my daughter GPS was frightened again, I called me to call me And make sure I am okay. ”
A man living nearby said he talked to his brother at home when the plane crashed.
He said, “I don’t want to say that this is like an earthquake, but it is like someone really is really hard to knock on the door.”
He said that he and his brother ran out of the house and saw what he said was chaotic because the neighbors ran towards the crash.
Red Cross Philadelphia and Philadelphia School District In order to open a shelter in any of the Samuel Fels High School at 5500 Langdon Street
Governor Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, said in the evening on Friday with Parker, “The mayor preach the Philadelphia.” “She talks about a unified management method every day. You are here What I saw was a unified response to a terrible aviation disaster.
“We know that the area will be lost, and we want to provide our thoughts and serious prayers for the current sad people.”