Sunrise photos and videos from Saturday morning show the heartbreaking aftermath of a deadly plane crash in Philadelphia.
A medical plane carrying a child, her mother and four crew members crashed into a neighborhood in Philadelphia Friday night, killing everyone on board and injuring more than a dozen people on the ground.A seventh person – someone who was in a car when the crash happened – also died, officials said Saturday.The crash happened along Cottman Avenue near Bustleton Avenue and the Roosevelt Mall shortly after 6 p.m., erupting into a huge fireball and engulfing nearby homes and cars in flames.
All six people on board were from Mexico, according to Jet Rescue Air Ambulance spokesperson Shai Gold. The child had been receiving treatment in Philadelphia for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home to Mexico. The flight was scheduled to stop in Missouri before continuing to its final destination in Tijuana. There were no survivors. Gold emphasized that the flight was operated by a highly trained crew, calling the crash both shocking and unexpected.
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