
A medical jet carrying a young girl and her mother as well as four others crashed into a residential part of northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, causing a massive explosion that sparked multiple fires in the area.
While the identities of those involved in the crash have not been released, officials have shared the reasons why the six victims, who all lost their lives, were travelling on the aircraft.
The plane was travelling from Northeast Philadelphia airport to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, from where it would have gone onto its final destination of Tijuana in Mexico.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company operating the plane, told NBC10 that the six people on board included a young girl, her mother, a pilot, co-pilot, doctor and parademic.
A spokesperson added that the child onboard had been treated for a life-threatening condition at Shriners Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.
"All I can say is, the patient was sponsored by a third-partner charity to undergo life-saving treatment in the US," they added.
"She did her course of care. She was going home. She fought quite a lot to survive, and unfortunately, this tragedy on the way home."