Medevac plane with six on board crashes in Philadelphia: at least 7 dead 19 injured

Gavin Blackburn
·2-min read

A medical transport jet with a child patient and five others aboard crashed in Philadelphia shortly after take-off, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said the patient, another passenger, and four crew members were on board. However, officials now say no one survived.

The incident killed seven people in total, including a civilian in a car in the neighbourhood. 19 other people were injured.

First responders on the scene after a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia, 31 January, 2025
First responders on the scene after a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia, 31 January, 2025 - Matt Rourke/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.

Mayor Cherelle Parker said, "This is still an active scene under investigation."

The crash came just two days after the deadliest US air disaster in a generation.

ADVERTISEMENT

On Wednesday night, an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided in mid-air with an Army helicopter in Washington DC.

There were no survivors from that crash.

A doorbell camera in Philadelphia captured footage of the plane nosediving and exploding as it hit the ground near a shopping mall and major roadway.

"All we heard was a loud roar and didn’t know where it was coming from. We just turned around and saw the big plume," said Jim Quinn, the owner of the doorbell camera.

The crash happened less than four kilometres from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, which primarily serves business jets and charter flights.

The plane, a Learjet 55, quickly disappeared from radar after taking off from the airport at 6:06pm and climbing to an altitude of 1,600 feet (487 metres).

ADVERTISEMENT

It was en route to Springfield, Missouri, and registered to a company operating as Med Jets, according to the flight tracking website Flight Aware.

President Donald Trump posted on social media platform Truth Social it was "so sad" to see the crash.

"More innocent souls lost," he said.

Governor Josh Shapiro said he is offering all "Commonwealth resources as they respond to the small private plane crash in Northeast Philly."

The plane crashed in a busy intersection near Roosevelt Mall, an outdoor shopping centre in the densely populated neighbourhood of Rhawnhurst.

Bystanders watch as emergency crews work on the scene after a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia, 31 January, 2025
Bystanders watch as emergency crews work on the scene after a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia, 31 January, 2025 - Matt Rourke/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.

The plane's owner, Jet Rescue, provides global air ambulance services.

The company, based in Mexico, flew baseball hall of famer David Ortiz to Boston after he was shot in the Dominican Republic in 2019 and was involved in transporting patients critically ill with COVID-19.

The FAA said the National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation.

The NTSB, which investigates air crashes, said it was gathering information about the crash.

Latest stories

  • Highway police make alarming find amid rising caravan trend on Australian roads

    With close to a million registered caravans on our roads, the risk factor appears to only be rising.

  • 13yo hit by car on way home from school

    A teenager has been left with injuries after being struck in an alleged hit-and-run while making her way home from school.

  • Train with 50 passengers and truck collide

    A truck and busy passenger train have collided in regional Victoria.

  • Shocking Moment Plane Crashes On Residential Street Captured by Home Security Camera

    Security camera video captured the shocking moment a small plane crashed on a residential street near Hampton Airfield in New Hampshire on February 11.Footage sent to Storyful by Christopher Paul Martin, captured by a security camera outside his home, shows the plane slamming into trees on Reddington Landing, just feet away from a house.According to Hampton Fire and Rescue, the pilot and sole occupant of the plane was evaluated by paramedics and was uninjured.New Hampshire State Police and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were notified about the incident.According to local media, the pilot was landing when he clipped a tree, causing the plane to spin into the wooded area. Credit: Christopher Paul Martin via Storyful

  • $9,342 price hike warning for Australian drivers under New Vehicle Efficiency Standard scheme

    The price of almost every car available in Australia will be hiked in the coming years thanks to the NVES.

  • Hammersmith bridge fiasco: Pedestrians had to queue for 30 minutes to cross Thames

    Residents bemoan ‘broken Britain’ as council contractors close walkway at rush hour because of ‘gas leak’

  • Japan Airlines plane collides with Delta jet at Seattle airport

    The incident comes a week after an American Eagle regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington D.C.

  • Pilot killed when small jet owned by Vince Neil crashes into plane upon landing in Arizona

    One person is dead and several were injured after a small business jet crashed into a parked plane as it arrived at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, just east of Phoenix, on Monday afternoon.

  • BYD's free offer of autonomous tech will spur EV sales, smart driving adoption: analysts

    BYD's venture into autonomous driving is expected to solidify its leading position in China's auto sector and spur other car makers to offer more low-cost smart driving solutions, analysts said. "BYD has now gone from 0 to 1 in [autonomous driving] development, which will accelerate the adoption rate of the function in the mass market and lead to a wave of upgrades by existing users," Johnson Wan, an analyst at Jefferies, said in a report on Tuesday. On Monday, Shenzhen-based BYD hosted a launch

  • Motley Crue singer Vince Neil's private jet crashes into plane killing pilot and hospitalising rocker's girlfriend

    The singer’s Learjet was attempting to land at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona when it veered off track and collided with another parked plane

  • What is the Su-57 stealth fighter jet Russia is offering to India?

    Touted as Moscow’s most advanced fighter jet, Russian officials are making a sales pitch of Sukhoi-57 fighter jet to its trusted defence partner Delhi

  • Plane owned by Motley Crue’s Vince Neil in deadly crash at Arizona airport

    Singer was not on board when his Learjet veered into a parked Gulfstream after landing at Scottsdale Airport.

  • BYD Starts New EV Price War With Free Smart-Driving System

    (Bloomberg) -- BYD Co. opened a new front in China’s electric vehicle price war — adding advanced driver-assistance features across most of its lineup for no extra cost and sending its shares to a record.Most Read from BloombergSaudi Arabia’s Neom Signs $5 Billion Deal for AI Data CenterWhy American Mobility Ground to a HaltThe Forgotten French Architect Who Rebuilt MarseilleCutting Arena Subsidies Can Help Cover Tax Cuts, Think Tank SaysAt a highly anticipated event on Monday evening in Shenzhe

  • Witness appeal after woman injured in A365 crash

    The woman, who is aged in her 40s, was injured in the crash on the A365 in Melksham on Monday.

  • Meet the McLaren 750S Spider, Robb Report’s 2025 Car of the Year

    The 740 hp droptop became the British marque’s first model to earn our top automotive accolade.

  • Germany's once-mighty car industry is in crisis. What will it take to fix it?

    The German auto manufacturing sector is struggling. Can it get back on the road to recovery?

  • How Elon Musk's crusade against government could benefit Tesla

    Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying a crushing number of federal investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis and other self-driving automobiles. Now, Musk’s close relationship with President Donald Trump means many of those federal headaches could vanish within weeks or months. On the potential chopping block: crash investigations into Tesla’s partially automated vehicles; a Justice Department criminal probe examining whether Musk and Tesla have overstated their cars’ self-driving capabilities; and a government mandate to report crash data on vehicles using technology like Tesla’s Autopilot.

  • Drone Shows Bus at the Bottom of Ravine After Deadly Crash

    Dozens of people were killed when a bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a ravine in Guatemala City on Monday morning, February 10, according to municipal authorities.Firefighters initiall said at leas 40 people died, but figures of at least 55 were being subsequently reported in local media.Several people were rescued from the wreckage, according to the city’s volunteer firefighting service.The mayor of Guatemala City, Ricardo Quinonez, said the city “deeply” regrets the incident and expressed solidarity with the affected families, while the Guatemalan Congress issued a statement of condolence over what it called a “tragic traffic accident.”President Bernardo Arevalo declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the crash and ordered personnel from the army and the country’s disaster management agency to attend the scene.The footage here, from Guatemala City traffic agency spokesman Amilcar Montejo, shows the bus at the bottom of the ravine. Credit: Amilcar Montejo / PMT Ciudad de Guatemala via Storyful

  • 'Very rare' metre-long creature washes up on Aussie beach: 'Never seen one'

    A woman was wandering down a remote beach when she stumbled upon the 'unusual' animal. Here's what it is.

  • Dark MAGA Elon Musk Overshadows Trump During Rambling Oval Office Press Conference

    Elon Musk was the center of attention in the Oval Office on Tuesday as he and Donald Trump offered a bizarre and rambling defense of their efforts to dismantle large chunks of the federal government through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The world’s richest man, who donned his “dark MAGA” cap for the occasion, towered over a seated Trump as he fielded questions from reporters. Musk appeared at ease, his young son perched on his shoulders, as he argued that he and his t