A Learjet 55 crashed in a residential area of Northeast Philadelphia shortly after takeoff, causing a fire that engulfed multiple homes and injuring several people on the ground. The plane, en route from Philadelphia to Springfield, Missouri, went down near Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue. Two individuals were aboard the aircraft, and their status remains unknown. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.
Emergency crews are responding to an explosion in Northeast Philadelphia after a small medical jet crashed in the area of Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue, Philadephia police confirmed to CBS News Philadelphia. The plane, a Learjet 55, was going from Philadelphia to Springfield, Missouri, leaving the Northeast Philadelphia Airport when tragedy struck. The plane crashed into a neighborhood outside the Roosevelt Mall just moments after leaving the airstrip.
The area, where the crash happened, especially near Cottman and Roosevelt Boulevard is a densely residential neighborhood and packed with rows of rowhomes. Neighbors in the Northeast Philadelphia area have called CBS Philadelphia reporting their homes shook when the plane went down.It's unclear at this time what led to the crash. The status of those who were injured was also not immediately available.
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