A medical plane with six people on board is shortly after taking off crash Near a shopping center in the American city of Philadelphia. The plane exploded at the crash, so that different houses have caught fire.
Saturday morning it was not yet clear how the crash could happen. In the afternoon (Dutch time) the mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker, stated that all six passengers died in the crash. This is reported, among other things BBC Based on a statement that the news medium seized. At a press conference, the mayor announced that one fatal victims also fell on the ground. Furthermore, nineteen were injured.
On board the plane, a mother and her child were located next to the four -member crew. All passengers came from Mexico. On X Shares Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum her condolences.
The company of the aircraft states that the crew was very experienced and there was nothing wrong with the aircraft itself. Possibly the rain caused less good visibility. According to the mayor’s statement, the plane was only in the air for a minute before it crashed.