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Sign in Subscribe. Register here. The six people on board all died in the crash. Philadelphia Mayor Charelle Parker said Saturday that one person on the ground also died, and 19 others were injured as the plane went down in a residential area. The Learjet 55 crashed at about p.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Multiple news reports cite Philadelphia police as saying the plane was on a medical assignment. The reports say the plane crashed shortly after takeoff, catching multiple homes on fire.
CBS News and other outlets are reporting the plane was a Jet Rescue Air Ambulance that was taking a pediatric patient from Philadelphia back to Mexico, with a stop in Springfield presumably for fuel. Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, posted on X formerly Twitter on Saturday that the six victims aboard the plane were all from Mexico. My solidarity with their loved ones and friends. Skip to content Site section and story pages.
Springfield-Branson National Airport. Photo by Dean Curtis.
