Mother and child among seven killed in Philadelphia medical jet crashstar-news.press/wp

A small medical traffic plane crashed in several buildings in the American city of Philadelphia on Friday night, killing all six people on board and at least one other person in the field, the mayor confirmed.

Jet was on medical traffic, created in Tijuana, Mexico, with a brief stand in Missouri. He wore a children’s patient and mother, along with two pilots, doctors and tough. They were all Mexican citizens.

But only one minute after takeoff, Learjet 55 fell to the ground. Videos show that the plane quickly descends and start a huge fireball.

Nineteen others have been injured, although the Mayor Cherelle Parker said that that number can still change.

Speaking of the news Saturday, Philadelphia, the Director of Adam Thiel said that he would probably be “days or more” while officers cannot confirm “the number of people who are injured in this tragedy”.

He added that there is still “a lot of unknowns about who was” when the collision has happened.

The flight was tied to Springfield, Missouri for a short stop, before continuing in the Tijuana.

He left northeastern airport in Philadelphia at around 18:07 local time (23:07 GMT) on Friday, and he crashed less than four miles (6.4km) for a few moments.

The flight logs show the plane was in the air “only a minute” before collapsing, the mayoral parker said.

The girl engaged in Mexico has just finished medical treatment for life-hazardous disease in Shriners Children Hospital in Philadelphia.

Earlier on Friday, the staff threw the party to celebrate, said the hospital spokesman Mel Bower. He added that the staff who treated him “with very deep” news about the tragedy.

Witnesses described that Penela harms cars and sending burning debris on the streets. Photos after the display of the exhibition over again, burned vehicles and deep buttons on the street.

Fire officials said that five separate fires caused on the fall, but they were contained and shut down.

The collision only happened blocks from the Roosevelt shopping center, a three-storey shopping center in the densely populated part of Philadelphia, the fifth largest city in the United States.

The area is filled with a residential housing and shops. Many properties lost their strength after the collision.

One man said he was driving when he heard the excess sound, and then a loud explosion.

“Everyone just started screaming,” he said.

Another witness told the local media, the explosions “illuminated the whole sky”.

“I just saw a plane basically affected by the building and exploded. The sky was illuminated and I pulled back and in the basis, it was just really bad here,” the witness said WPVI-TVdescribing a collision as a feeling like an earthquake.

Ryan Tian, ​​23, said Piladelphia Questionnaire He got dinner when he saw “a massive fireball” that turned the sky orange.

“I thought we’d attack something for something,” he said.

In the statement, Jared Solomon, a local state representative, said: “During the deep tragedy, I was inspired to testify to hundreds of our first respondents who score towards the danger of ensuring the safety of our neighborhood.”

The Mayor Parker said the emergency workers worked overnight at the scene.

She advised her local inhabitants to stay away from the location if possible, because the investigation is underway.

They explore the FAA and the National Transport Security Committee (NTSB).

Officials said that the wreck page is large, which stretches up to six blocks, and there is also a debris in remote areas.

The mayor told the city inhabitants that if they find dirt, call 911 and “don’t touch anything.”

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In the statement, President Donald Trump said his administration was “fully engaged.”

“So sad to see the plane fall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More infant souls lost,” he said.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said “mourns the passage of six Mexican in an aviation accident”, in a statement translated from Spanish.

“My solidarity is with their loved ones and friends,” she added.

The Mexican Foreign Ministry, Konzulat staff in the country in Philadelphia in contact with the next gender.