A small medical evacuation plane with six people on board-all of Mexican nationality– It has crashed this Friday in a residential area of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania (United States)as reported by the authorities, who have not yet made an official balance of possible victims.
According to the company in charge of the flight, Jetrescue, the crew was composed of a pediatric patient, his companion and four team members. In addition, he has argued that “at this time” they cannot confirm any survivor.
“This is what we have learned so far. A Learjet 55 crashed around 18.30 local time after taking off from the Northeast of Philadelphia airport. It was reported that there were six people on board,” said the Secretary of Transport , Be Duffy.
Previously, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) warned that the plane was heading to the Springfield-Benson National Airport in Missouri. “The FAA and the National Board of Transportation Security (NTSB) will lead the investigation and provide all updates,” they clarified.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has lamented what happened in his social Truth account: “How sad to see the plane fall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More innocent souls lost. Our people are totally committed.”
Six occupants were traveling on the aircraft
The Foreign Ministry of Mexico has reported that the airline responsible for the transfer “confirmed that six people of Mexican nationality were traveling in the aircraft.”
“Mexico Consulate personnel are in contact with relatives and will provide all required consular accompaniment and assistance, and will be pending in case there are more affected nationals in the vicinity of the accident,” they added.
It was the Emergency Management Office of Pennsylvania that reported at the beginning of an “major incident” near Cottman and Bustleton avenues in the northeast of Philadelphia, in front of the Roosevelt shopping center.
The mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker, has revealed in a press conference that several houses and vehicles “They were affected“And that it is being a fact under investigation, adding that they do not have reports on the number of fatalities, according to the US CNN chain.
Several houses caught flames in the Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard area after the accident, firefighters reported. Parts of the plane fell on nearby vehicles and some businesses have also been reached by fire.
In addition, several videos disseminated in US media show the intense flames and a dense column of smoke that rises after the impact of the plane.
