Authorities reported seven dead and 19 injured in Philadelphia plane crash
As a result of the crash of the plane sanaviation in the American city of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), according to revised data, seven people were killed - in addition to the six on board also killed a local resident. This was reported on February 1 by the mayor of the city Sherelle Parker.
"We can officially report six dead on board. At least one other person also died during the incident itself. At least 19 injured people have been transported to several area hospitals," the mayor indicated on her X (former Twitter) page.
She added that the investigation is ongoing. The mayor's office is working closely with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and other relevant agencies.
A Learjet 55 air ambulance crashed in the city of Philadelphia on Feb. 1. The airplane was en route to Missouri's Springfield-Branson Airport. The cause of its crash is still unclear. The city hall reported that all six people on board were killed. The incident occurred 500 meters from one of the intersections of a city road.
A spokesman for Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the airline operator that owns the plane, specified that the dead included the girl, her mother, a doctor, a paramedic, a pilot and a co-pilot. According to city officials, the child was being treated at Shriners Hospital for Children in northeast Philadelphia. The Mexican Foreign Ministry also clarified that all six of the dead were citizens of their country. The plane was returning home.
As the mayor of Philadelphia added, several houses and cars were damaged in the crash. According to the TV channel Fox News, on board the plane could have exploded cylinders with oxygen.
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