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A medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday with a child and five others on board, the air ambulance company that operated it said,
adding that it had not confirmed any survivors.Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said its aircraft crashed with four crew members, one pediatric
local officials said late on Friday they could not yet confirm how many people may have died on the ground after the plane slammed into a
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Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., which killed 67 in the deadliest airplane crash in the U.S
since 2009.The Federal Aviation Administration said six people were on the Learjet 55 that crashed around 6:30 p.m
Local media reported it was near the Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia and that there were multiple injuries on the ground.Video
aired on local TV stations showed the plane in a sharp dive before hitting the ground and exploding in a massive fireball.Philadelphia Mayor
Cherelle Parker told a press conference at the scene that several houses and cars had been engulfed in flames
The weather was cold and rainy and with low visibility when the plane went down.The air ambulance had left Northeast Philadelphia Airport
and was headed to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) to the southwest, the FAA said in a
statement.A large fire and several fire trucks were visible at the crash scene in images broadcast by the Philadelphia CBS affiliate
About two hours after the crash the fires were mostly out, according to TV images.Neither the Philadelphia police department nor the fire
