A plane crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resulted in a large explosion, setting several buildings on fire. Six people onboard the aircraft appear to have died in the crash, including a pediatric patient returning home in Mexico
Fox News reported the pediatric patient on board the aircraft had just completed “life-saving treatments” from a hospital in Philadelphia and was being flown, along with her mother, to her home in Mexico. The other passengers included two aircrew members, a doctor and another medical team member.
UPDATE 10:00 p.m. ET — Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro told reporters the city is providing a unified response and neighbors were out helping neighbors. “We offer our thoughts and our serious prayers for those who are grieving.” The governor said Secretary Duffy is sending investigators from the FAA and NTSB.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker asked residents to not handle any debris found in the streets. Several photos posted on X showed several aircraft pieces and body parts scattered in the street.
A video posted on X shows a broken window in a diner near the crash. A man inside the diner was reportedly struck in the head by a piece of debris from the crash that flew nearly 20 feet inside the diner before striking the customer.
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The black box recorder from the helicopter, which contains both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data receiver, was found amidst the wreckage on Friday
The US Army helicopter involved in Wednesday's midair collision with American Airlines flight 5342 had been practicing for the event of an attack on the capital.
Officials have confirmed that the three soldiers, who all perished, had been rehearsing a plan that involves the evacuation of the White House when their Black Hawk collided with the passenger jet just before 9pm on Wednesday night.
Defense sources confirmed the nature of the training exercise to CBS News, after internet sleuths had floated a theory online that it was doing exactly what sources say.
Military personnel killed in accidents or combat are usually made public 24 hours after their families are notified, making withholding her name very unusual.
'At the request of the family, the name of the third soldier will not be released at this time,' the US Army said.
O’Hara and the co-pilot's bodies have been recovered but Eaves is still in the water along with several of the airline passengers
Relatives are entitled to do this, it is extremely unusual, with the New York Times branding the decision to withhold the name an 'extraordinary step'.
Why the co-pilot's family requested her name be withheld, and why the US Army acquiesced, is unclear.
She had about 500 hours of flying of experience, which is considered a 'normal' amount, and her 'very experienced' colleagues had about 1,000 hours.
Earlier on Friday, a transgender woman called Jo Ellis was falsely-named as the woman on board the doomed Black Hawk.
She debunked the claim during an exclusive chat with DailyMail.com.
An investigation into what caused Wednesday night's collision with an American Eagle plane carrying 64 people is ongoing.
The two aircraft had collided in a huge fireball that was visible on dashcams of cars driving on highways near the airport before it plunged into the river