Medical Jet with Six Aboard Crashes into Philadelphia Neighbourhood

A small medical transport plane has crashed into several buildings in north-east Philadelphia, setting homes and vehicles ablaze and injuring people on the ground.

The jet was on a medical transport mission on Friday evening and carrying four crew members, a child patient and the patient's escort, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, a medical aircraft company, said in a statement.

Emergency crews rushed to the evening crash scene as residents crowded streets littered with fiery debris and pieces of the aircraft.

Witnesses described a chaotic scene with people who were injured and structures ablaze.

The child on board the plane was receiving care in the US for a life-threatening condition and was returning to Tijuana, Mexico.

The girl was accompanied by her mother, a pilot, a copilot, a doctor and a paramedic.

Source: BBC