Small Plane Crashes in Pennsylvania 2 Days After American Airlines Collision

Another plane crash has tragically occurred on U.S. soil.

An air ambulance crashed down in Philadelphia around 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 31 soon after departing to head to the Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, the operating company said in a statement to NBC News. 

There were six passengers on board the Learjet 55, including a pediatric patient, her guardian and four crew members, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance confirmed to the outlet. The child onboard the flight was traveling back home to Mexico after getting a “life-saving treatment” in the United States, a spokesperson for the company told NBC10 Philadelphia.

“The treatment ran its course. She was ready to go home, and we were contracted to bring her back home to Mexico,” the spokesperson said. “Ultimate destination was the Tijuana International Airport and was scheduled to go home by ground ambulance.”  

The number of fatalities is not yet known, according to the city’s mayor Cherelle Parker, who said in a press conference that “several dwellings and vehicles were impacted” when the aircraft crashed near Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Mall.