The company, which runs the plane, said that an air ambulance carried six people crashed near a mall in the northeast of Philadelphia on Friday evening.
Jet Resue Air Air Ambulance said it could not confirm any survivors among those on board, which included four crew members, pediatric patient and accompanying the patient, according to a statement.
“Our immediate concern is the patient’s family, our members, their families, and other victims who may have been injured on the ground,” the company said.
Mayor Sherrill Parker said at an evening press conference that the total number of deaths was not yet known. “Several housing and vehicles were affected,” she said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that Lergit 55 had left from the northeast of Philadelphia airport on its way to Springfield Branson National Airport in Missouri.
The plane crashed around 6:30 pm. Near Roosevelt Mall, an outdoor shopping center about 3 miles from the airport, according to Philadelphia Police and extinguishing extinguishing the respondents.
Officials have not confirmed deaths or injuries. The video showed smoke and fire in the accident area.
“NTSB will lead the investigation and all updates will be made,” said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA and NTSB.
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro said on X he is in contact with Philadelphia officials and will make updates as he gets.
“We are providing all the resources of the Commonwealth as it responded to the small private plane accident in the northeast of Feli,” he said.
The Ring camera video of the accident verified by NBC News showed an atmosphere that descends at an angle of a ball of fire, a smaller being parallel next to it, apparently, in the thick society before it explodes to influence and it seems to be shaking my ground.
Pastor Todd Sheridan Uni, a former observer in the Aviation Administration in the Federal Aviation Administration, said, with a permit to take off and a plane with a good reputation in the lead, which was likely to happen in moments after leaving its wheels on the ground.
He said in NBC News now: “Something happened to somewhat catastrophic after the plane was launched,” he said at NBC News. “We don’t know exactly what it is.”
He said the plane model is “high performance.”
“It is very reliable,” said Yeari. “It is not customary to see what we just witnessed.”
The air temperature was close to the accident 49 degrees, with light rain, some fog, and a wind guest of 30 miles per hour before 6 pm, according to the national weather service data for Philadelphia.
The accident comes a few days after a bloodiest flight in the United States for years.
Wednesday, 67 people were killed when a passenger plane collided with the weather With a Black Hawk military helicopter over the Bottomac River near Washington, DC
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Anthony Kosumoand Miram Buroj and Anna Sondberg Contribute.
