A mid-size air ambulance plane crashed on Friday night shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, plowing into a residential area with densely packed row houses, setting off fires.
The flight, a Learjet 55 registered to a medical transport company, was reportedly carrying six passengers.
It crashed near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, near the Roosevelt Mall, according to officials.
“There was a large explosion, so I thought we were under attack for a second,” local resident Michael Schiavone told NPR.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said the state was offering all “Commonwealth resources as they respond to the small private plane crash in Northeast Philly.”
The crash in Pennsylvania comes just two days after an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying a combined 67 people collided, likely leaving no survivors.