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US: Medical plane carrying six crashes in Philadelphia

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Philadelphia, United States - February 01, 2025 A medevac plane with six people on board crashed in a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia in the Middle Atlantic U.S. state of Pennsylvania shortly after takeoff on Friday evening, sparking a large fire, authorities said. The Learjet 55 plane, en route from Philadelphia for Springfield in the mid-western U.S. state of Missouri, had just taken off from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport when the incident happened, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a statement. It came down in a busy intersection near Roosevelt Mall in a densely populated residential area. The crash set multiple homes and cars on fire. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company operating the plane, confirmed that the aircraft was carrying four crew members, a child patient who had just finished treatment in Philadelphia, and the patient's escort. The company said in a statement that no survivors can be confirmed yet. Speaking at a Friday night press conference, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said that the crash occurred shortly after 18:00 local time, and there are no reports on the number of fatalities, adding that several dwellings and vehicles were impacted. Several people on the ground were reported to have been injured. By 2:20 Saturday, no information on casualties was released. According to a spokesperson of Temple University Hospital, the hospital received six injuries in a crash, with three of them being discharged after treatment, and another three remaining hospitalized in stable condition. It is still unclear whether they were passengers on plane or ground victims. Shotlist: Philadelphia, USA - Feb 1, 2025: 1. Police vehicles; 2. Fire engines; 3. Various of police cars, damaged vehicles, roads; 4. Firefighters on fire engines; 5. Various of police cars, damaged vehicles, roads; 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Darwish, resident (full name not given) (partially overlaid with shots 7-8): "The plane crashed, at DUNKIN over there. It's a very big crash. I wish luck for everybody to be good. It's very sad. Actually, it's the first time I see something like that."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 7. Cordon; 8. Police car, damaged cars on street; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 9. Various of police cars, fire engines. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]

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