A small plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a news release.
The Learjet 55 departed the Northeast Philadelphia Airport at around 6:30 p.m. local time and was en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, per the FAA.
ABC News reports crashed near the intersection of Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue near the Roosevelt Mall shopping center. While the FAA reports there were two people on board, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said there were six people on the plane, per ABC News.
At least three homes were set ablaze near the intersection of St. Vincent and Calvert streets, according to officials, per the news outlet.
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A photo from the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management showed first responders on the scene near the Roosevelt Mall with smoke rising in the background.
The agency alerted nearby residents that the streets near the mall were closed.
The FAA has issued a ground stop at Northeast Philadelphia Airport due to “an aircraft incident.”
The incident comes two days after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight in Washington D.C., killing 67 people.
This story is developing.
