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Air Ambulance Learjet 55 aircraft carrying a young girl crashed after take off from Philadelphia

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Last updated: February 1, 2025, 07:28 UTC
Published: Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 07:13 UTC
Category: Emergency
Author: AIRLIVE contibutors
Data: XA-UCI
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A plane crashed on a street near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friday night, igniting nearby cars and homes in flames.

A medical ambulance plane transporting a young girl who had just received life-saving treatment crashed on a street Friday night near the Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Warning : Graphic content ! A Jet Rescue Air Ambulance aircraft XA-UCI, a Learjet 55, crashed after take off from Philadelphia today at approximately 19:25 EST.

There were four crew members and two passengers (pediatric patient and escort) on board.#aircraft pic.twitter.com/Mpxnl1bNWm

— FL360aero (@fl360aero) February 1, 2025

The plane was scheduled to fly from Philadelphia to Tijuana International Airport, with one technical stop in Springfield, Missouri for refueling.

The official said when the plane went down, it sprayed jet fuel, soaking nearby row homes. The homes then went up in flames.

The company said there were four crew members and two passengers on the plane at the time – a pilot, copilot, physician, paramedic, pediatric patient and her mother. They were all Mexican nationals.

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