This story has been updated to add new information. The medical flight would have no survivors, according to the Aviation Safety Network, but Philadelphia authorities said they could not confirm fatalities immediately Friday night as crews of first responders and investigators worked well into the evening at the large crash site and debris field near the Roosevelt Mall at Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard.
No further information is available at this time," medical transport company and plane owner Jet Rescue said in a statement. No names are being released at this time until family members have been notified.
The child patient had been treated at Shriners Children's Philadelphia and was given a sendoff earlier Friday for her return trip to Mexico, the hospital said. There are also reports of injuries to those who were on the ground, and Philadelphia hospital staff said they treated a handful of people from the crash that sent crews to an area near the Roosevelt Mall shortly after 6 p.
The jet crashed to the ground by the shopping center and the neighborhood of rowhomes behind it, which are less than 3 miles from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, a small regional airport, where the medical flight took off. Local, state and federal agents responded to the Northeast Philadelphia scene and worked through the night Friday.
Josh Shapiro shortly before 10 p. We saw neighbor helping neighbor; we saw Pennsylvanians looking out for each other. Parker said she couldn't confirm the number of fatalities, despite the statement from the jet company that there were no confirmed survivors on the plane. Witnesses reported body parts strewn around a chaotic scene after the crash.
