Child -carrying air ambulance, 5 other people crashed in the American city of Philadelphia. Aviation news
A Mexican girl who was in the US for medical care, her mother, and members of the flight and medical teams were boarding the aircraft.
An aerial ambulance transports a child, who has just completed the treatment for a life-threatening position, his mother and four others, crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood in the United States.
After 6 pm on Friday evening (23:00 GMT), the plane crashed immediately after the takeoff, a fireball exploded, which entered several houses, shown videos aired at local TV stations.
Earlier this week, a passenger aircraft and a military helicopter Capital Washington, DC after the incident marked another US aviation disaster.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, which operated Learjet 55, said in a statement: “We cannot confirm any leftover.” It said that the aircraft had four crew members besides the child and his mother.
There were all six Mexican citizens on the board, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
According to Jet Rescue spokesman Shai Gold, the child was being taken home. The last destination of the flight after a stop in Missouri was Tijuana, which was about 1,800 km (1,100 mi) in the south -west.
Mail Bover, a spokesman at Shriners Children Hospital, said, “The patient was taken care of from Shriners Children Philadelphia and was being taken back to his country in Mexico on a contracted air ambulance when an accident occurred.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherael Parker told a news conference at the scene that several houses and cars were surrounded in flames. He said that the situation is “on the deck with all hands, this is where we are now”.
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro told reporters in the scene of the accident that “we know that there will be damage in the region”. “We want to offer our thoughts and our serious prayers to those who are mourning at the moment,” said Shapiro.
“It was sad to see the plane going down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More innocent souls were lost. Our people are fully engaged. The first respondents are already credited with doing a great work, ”by US President Donald Trump on social media.
The accident occurred after a Black Hawk Helicopter collision on an American Airlines Jet and Washington, DC this week, killing 67 people in the most deadly aircraft accident in the US since 2009.
