Pilot, co-pilot, doctor killed in Philadelphia plane crash identified
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The pilot and co-pilot of the medical transport flight that tragically crashed in a northeast Philadelphia community, as well as a doctor on the plane, have been recognized.

Pilot Alan Montoya and co-pilot Jesús Juárez were at the controls of the Learjet 55 as they flew a young girl who had just received “life-saving care” from a Philadelphia hospital and her mother home to Mexico, according to the outlet Milenio.

Also on board was Dr. Raul Meza, according to the Mexican emergency service XE Médica Ambulancia.


Ambulance and rescue crew at the site of a Philadelphia Learjet crash
Alan Montoya was flying home a young girl who had just received life-saving care at a Philadelphia hospital.

A man wearing sunglasses and a jacket at the scene of a Lear jet crash in Philadelphia that resulted in 7 fatalities
Pilot Alan Montoya and co-pilot Jesús Juárez (pictured) were at the controls of the jet.

“Dr. Raúl Meza was part of [the] crew in the air ambulance XA-UCI belonging to another company where [he] also provides his professional services,” the group wrote on X, identifying Meza as their chief of neonatology.

All six people on board the plane died.

This is a developing story.

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