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  • Airplane crash in Pennsylvania leaves 6 dead and questions to be answered.

    January 31st, 2025

    By. Scott Jackson

    A ring camera catches the Learjet as it falls from the sky.

    An airplane operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, in Pennsylvania crashed earlier today leaving 6 dead. 

    The plane was a medical transport plane carrying two pilots, two doctors, the patient and a family member and crashed shortly after takeoff. As the crash happened in the middle of the city the horrific explosion was recorded by several different cameras showing multiple angles, including one bystander who was a couple dozen feet away when the plane hit the ground. 

    The flight departed Philadelphia Airport (PNE) for Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri at 23:06 UTC(7:06PMEST), reaching a maximum altitude of 1,650 ft at 23:06:54. Its last recorded ADB-S reading showed the plane losing altitude at a vertical rate of -11,008 ft per minute. 

    Some data on the flight from Flightradar 24.
    A visualization from ADS-B Exchange.

    Not much is known about why the plane crashed. Possible icing conditions have been given as an explanation but we can’t yet confirm anything. 

    Several houses in the area of the crash were set on fire and fire fighters are currently fighting those fires. 

    A video from a bystander who witnessed the ground impact from several dozen ft. away.