A Learjet 55 crashed in Philadelphia, killing all six people on board, including a young girl who had recently completed treatment at a local hospital. The plane went down less than a minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, striking a car and damaging nearby homes. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.
Parker said 22 people were injured and five of them remain hospitalized. At least 11 homes were significantly damaged, along with some businesses.
The investigation into the crash remained ongoing, Parker said, adding that officials were going door to door to seek information from neighborhood residents. “These are just people who want to help others,” Solomon said Sunday. “They're nurses, they're construction workers, they are first responders. In a community that is always poised to help others in and around our city; now we sort of are able to turn inward and all unite together.”
Philadelphia officials and plane owner Jet Rescue Air Ambulance have not disclosed the identities of the dead, but XE Médica Ambulancias, a Mexican emergency service, identified one of the victims as Dr. Raúl Meza of the State of Mexico near Mexico City, the air ambulance company's chief of neonatology. Relatives of Josué Juárez of Veracruz said he was the aircraft’s co-pilot.
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