The authorities said that a small medical aircraft carrying six people crashed near a shopping mall in northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, causing multiple casualties, sending a large fireball into the air, and swallowing a flame.
The Jet Rescue Air ambulance with a plane said that there were four crew members on the ship during the crash-a child with a child and a escort.
The company said: “We can’t confirm the survivors.” He added that it would not publish any name before notifying the family.
At the press conference at 8:30 pm, officials would not confirm the number of deaths, but told residents not to touch anything that looked like debris and stayed in it.
The plane left the Northeast Airport of Philadelphia and headed to the Springfield-Bransen National Airport in Missouri. At that time, it crashed nearly three miles near Kutman and Budarton Avenue in northeast Philadelphia. Opposite the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Mike Driscoll, a city council member representing the region, said in a message on X. It was reported that “large -scale casualties.” The number of casualties and the condition is unavailable.
Killiom Pontes, 38, is the manager of a mobile phone store less than one mile from the crash scene. He said in an interview that this impact caused business windows to shake.
“What happened?” Mr. Bonz recalled to himself. “At first, I thought it was an earthquake, but then we saw the prosperity.”
Mr. Punk said he went to the scene in the car and he described it as a busy business district. He began to record on -site video of Instagram, which involved flames and fragments.
He said: “I saw a large hole on the ground.” “I was shocked how many pieces there was there.”
The representative of the shopping mall owner Brixmor Property Group confirmed on Friday night that the plane crashed at the shopping center.
Female spokesman Kristen Moore said in a telephone interview: “At present, we don’t know any damage or loss of the property.” “We just cooperate with the local law enforcement department because they guarantee it. Response on the scene of the first aid personnel.
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