Black box recovered from deadly medical jet crash in Philadelphia

[craig nigrelli]

AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER A MEDEVAC JET CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY NIGHT — killing ALL SIX PEOPLE aboard the PLANE, and  ONE PERSON WHO WAS IN A CAR ON THE GROUND.

NEARLY TWO DOZEN OTHERs were injured AS THE WRECKAGE SPANNED FIVE CITY BLOCKS NEAR NORTHeast PHILADELPHIA’S ROOSEVELT MALL.

In an update Sunday night — THE city’s MAYOR SAID THREE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

While IT’S NOT YET KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH — SEARCHERS did recover the LEARJET’S BLACK BOX, LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

THE PLANE HAD BEEN IN FLIGHT FOR LESS THAN ONE MINUTE WHEN it DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AND crashed INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD — with flames ENGULFING AT LEAST FIVE HOMES. ELEVEN homes in TOTAL SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  PARKED CARS also CAUGHT ON-FIRE. WITNESSES SAY JET FUEL WAS EVERYWHERE in the area.

THE SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD THE PLANE WERE ALL MEXICAN NATIONALS — INCLUDING A GIRL – WHO HAD BEEN TREATED FOR AN ILLNESS AT SHRINERS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN PHILADELPHIA  — AND HER MOTHER.

THEY WERE RETURNING HOME TO TIJUANA, MEXICO AFTER THE GIRL’S TREATMENT. IN FACT, EARLIER IN THE DAY — CAREGIVERS AT SHRINERS HAD GIVEN THE GIRL A WARM SEND-OFF as she was leaving the hospital.