The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Friday, January 31, which is “Very sad to see a plane crash into philadelphia, pensylvania“, after a small medical evacuation aircraft with six people on board – four crew members and two passengers – crashed into a residential area of the city.
The president, in addition, He regretted the loss of “innocent souls.” However, the mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker, said they still had no reports on the number of fatalities.
Government confirms six Mexicans who died in the collapse of an aircraft in Philadelphia Photo:EFE
According to CNNwhich cites the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and police sources, Six people were aboard the plane and one of them was a minor “That was the patient who was transporting.
In a press conference, Parker said that several homes and vehicles were affected after a small plane crashed into a residential area of the city.
Several emergency teams now work in the area.
A FAA spokesman told the media that the plane, model Learjet 55, crashed around 18:30 local time (23:30 GMT) after taking off from the Northeast of Philadelphia airport to Springfield (Misuri).
The plane had Mexican registration
The Air Ambulance Company, Jet Rescue, is based in the New Mexico City and works both in Mexico and the United Statesaccording to CNN.
According to Flightradar, the plane crashed after 40 seconds in the air near a crossing of avenues in the northeast of the largest city of Pennsylvania.
According to videos shared by witnesses on social networks and in the media, at the time of the incident, in an area of houses, There was an explosion, after which fire and a mass of smoke are observed.
The plane fell on a residential area in Philadelphia. Photo:Capture social networks
The cause of what happened is still unknown, which took place near Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue avenues, in the vicinity of a shopping center called Roosevelt.
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