Accidents
Medevac Learjet Crashes after Takeoff in Philadelphia
All six aboard—four crewmembers and two passengers—were killed in the accident
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Lear 55 on ramp
A Learjet 55 air ambulance registered as XA-UCI crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood less than a minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on Friday evening. © Jet Rescue Air Ambulance

A Learjet 55 on medevac duty crashed Friday evening in northeastern Philadelphia shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport (KPNE). The Mexican-registered twinjet was headed to Missouri’s Springfield-Branson National Airport (KSGF) when it went down in a residential neighborhood less than three miles from KPNE. All six aboard died in the crash.

According to FlightAware, the Learjet—registered as XA-UCI and operated by Scottsdale, Arizona-based Jet Rescue Air Ambulance—arrived at KPNE at 2:16 p.m. on Friday after a flight from Miami–Opa Locka Executive Airport (KOPF). From KPNE, it was scheduled to fly to General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport in Tijuana, Mexico.

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