Communications with the ambulance Learjet 55 which came down in Philadelphia indicate that the accident occurred just after take-off, as the aircraft was transferred to departure control.

A medical transport jet crashed in Philadelphia shortly after takeoff on Friday. Six people were on board the Learjet plane when it went down, authorities said. The NTSB said investigators have ...

Investigators have located the Learjet’s two engines, and retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder, disclosing that it was found at the point of impact at a depth of 8ft (2.4m).

As Med Jets 056 taxied for takeoff, the red-and-white symbol of the Rod of Asclepius painted on its tail fin marked the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration identified the small medical jet as a Learjet 55. The aircraft was operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, a Mexico-based company with divisions in Florida that ...

Something catastrophic had to happen for the pilots of a Learjet 55 to lose control so soon after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on Friday night, turning an ...

The Learjet that crashed in Philadelphia on Friday night while transporting a mother and her child had flown in Arizona earlier that week on Monday and Tuesday. The medical transport flight was ...

A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others has crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood ...

A Learjet 55 was transporting a young girl home to Mexico after she received “life-saving treatment” from Shriners Children’s Philadelphia. The jet had just taken off from Northeast ...

Carrying six people from Mexico, including a child who spent months in treatment at a hospital, the Learjet 55 went down just ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Our coverage of this story has moved here. The crash and resulting explosion of a medical transport jet in Philadelphia left a massive impact on the surrounding neighborhood, and ...