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A medevac plane carrying a child, a mother and four crew members crashed near the Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia on Friday night. All those aboard the plane were killed in the tragedy. While there is not much known about who was aboard the doomed medical flight, some details have been made public.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the global ambulance flight company operating the plane, said its Learjet 55 crashed while departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport at about 6:30 p.m. The company said that all those aboard the flight were Mexican nationals.
“The plane was loaded with jet fuel that’s highly flammable. There is no indication that anybody survived, and by the debris field, I would be pleasantly surprised to learn otherwise,” said Air Ambulance spokesperson Shai Gold.
Gold described the pilot and co-pilot as being “very seasoned,” saying that “they know the job, and they do it many times.”

First responders work the scene after what witnesses say was a plane crash in Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (Matt Rourke/AP)
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to react to the tragedy.
“So sad to see the plane go down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More innocent souls lost. Our people are totally engaged,” Trump wrote. “First Responders are already being given credit for doing a great job. More to follow. God Bless you all.”
The crash in Philadelphia comes just days after a deadly aircraft collision near Washington, D.C., that took the lives of 67 people. The cause of the crash in Philadelphia, as well as the total number of casualties, remains unknown.
Alexandra Koch, Lorraine Taylor and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.