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Watch scene of Philadelphia plane crash as six feared dead after air ambulance crashes into homes

Lucy Leeson
Sunday 02 February 2025 10:01 EST
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Warning: This livestream may include some distressing scenes of footage.

Watch again the scene of from the site of the Philadelphia plane crash on Saturday (1 February), as six people, including a child, died after air ambulance crashed into homes.

A mid-size air ambulance plane carrying a sick child and five others crashed on Friday night shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, plowing into a residential area and setting off at least six house fires.

The Mexican government said all those on the plane were Mexican nationals.

The child was a girl on her way home with a final destination of Tijuana, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance told CNN. Her mother was also aboard, he said.

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro told a press conference at the crash scene that "we know there will be loss in this region”.

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