A black box from the medical jet that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia has been found, the NTSB said on Sunday.
A black box from the medical jet that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia has been found, sources told Action News on Sunday.The cockpit voice recorder, commonly known as a 'black box,' has been recovered from the medical jet that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia.
Black boxes are key pieces of evidence after a plane crash, since they can potentially hold crucial data to help investigators from the NTSB understand what went wrong. The components will be sent to the NTSB Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C. for evaluation, officials said. All of the victims on board the plane were from Mexico. The NTSB says Learjet 55 was traveling to Missouri before headed to Mexico when it crashed less than a minute after take-off, causing a massive explosion.
Valentina Guzman Murillo was in Philadelphia to receive care fromShriners Children's Hospital in Philadelphia."Our city continues to mourn their loss and they are in our thoughts and prayers," said Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker. "If there is somebody who you think may have been in this area, and they're missing and they haven't checked in, and you can't reach them or they live there, call 911," said the city's managing director, Adam Thiel.
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