A tragic incident unfolded in northeast Philadelphia on Friday night when a twin-engine medevac jet carrying a child patient and her mother crashed in a neighborhood, causing a fiery explosion. The Learjet 55, with six people on board, crashed shortly after departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The pediatric patient and her mother were returning home to Mexico after the child had received treatment at Shriners Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. The flight was en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, with plans to refuel before continuing to Tijuana, Mexico.
