First responders work the scene after what witnesses say was a plane crash in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Jan 31, 2025 10:54 PM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others has crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood about 30 seconds after taking off, erupting in a fireball and engulfing several homes in flames. All six people aboard were from Mexico. The child had been treated in Philadelphia for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home. The crash comes two days after the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, in Washington, D.C.