

Philadelphia plane crash victims identified, including 11 year old pediatric patient, Valentina Guzman Murillo & her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna who were returning to Mexico following life saving treatment. Crash leaves 7 dead & 22 injured along with black box recovered as investigators seek to discover cause of ‘accidental’ plane crash.
The young patient, her mother and four others killed when their ‘medical plane’ crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood moments after takeoff Friday evening have been identified along with investigators recovering the jet’s black box. Investigators also stated a seventh person on the ground dying as well as 22 injured following the plane crashing moments after take-off.
Valentina Guzman Murillo, 11, her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, 31, Capt. Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales, co-pilot Josue de Jesus Juarez Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, and paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla died in the Mexico-bound Learjet 55 aircraft crash, the company operating the medical transport flight, Jet Rescue Air, told CBS News.
Philadelphia plane crash victims named
Valentina had just finished receiving life-saving treatment at Shriners Children’s Hospital and was heading home to Mexico.
‘It’s extremely hard and extremely difficult, those that were involved directly in her care were very aware that she was going to be traveling home and there had actually been a sendoff for her today,’ hospital spokesperson Mel Bower told the outlet.
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum over the weekend confirmed that all six victims onboard were Mexican citizens.
‘I regret the death of six Mexicans in the plane crash in Philadelphia. The consular authorities are in permanent contact with the families,’ Sheinbaum wrote on X Saturday morning.
A spokesperson for the air ambulance company told NBC Philadelphia that the patient was from Mexico and had come to the United States for ‘life-saving treatment’ and was returning home. The ultimate destination was Tijuana International Airport, where a ground ambulance was to have taken the child home, the spokesperson said.

Philadelphia plane crash leaves one dead & 22 injured on the ground
Along with all six on board being killed in the Learjet 55 plane crash, a seventh person was killed on the ground after the car they were traveling in was hit by debris from the plane exploding into the neighborhood. This victim has not yet been identified.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said in a press conference Sunday that 22 people were injured and five remain hospitalized following the crash along with damaged dwellings and structures.
At least 11 homes and some businesses were also significantly damaged, Parker stated.
‘Our city continues to mourn their loss and they are in our thoughts are prayers,’ Parker said of the deceased victims.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that they had recovered the black box 8 feet underground at the site of impact, NBC10 reported.
Patient, 11, and others ID’d in Philadelphia jet crash as investigators find black box buried 8 feet in ground at impact site https://t.co/LuEuw3IaQe pic.twitter.com/kmJvOfRa3n
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Philadelphia plane crash cause of crash yet to be determined
The aircraft’s enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) has also been recovered.
The agency said the crash is being classified as an accident. No word yet how the ‘accident’ came to be.
The NTSB is not aware of debris or anything else falling from the plane before it went down, the agency stated.
The black box and EGPWS will be sent to Washington, DC, for evaluation and could contain critical flight data, the agency stated, according to the nypost.
The NTSB is leading the crash investigation with assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration and other local agencies.
Parker added that officials were going door to door to seek information from neighborhood residents.
‘The situation is fluid and it is active,’ Parker said.
The Mexico-bound air ambulance reached about 1,500 feet less than a minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport when it crashed at Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue just after 6 p.m.
After takeoff, the jet climbed to about 1,500 feet, Hicks said. It made a slight right turn, a slight left turn and then a ‘steep descent’ to where it eventually crashed.
The crash scene spanned at least four to six blocks, and authorities were working to assess the damage, including going house to house to inspect the dwellings, Philadelphia managing director Adam Thiel said during Sunday’s press conference.
Jet Rescue Air released three photos of the plane’s interior following the crash, showing the flight was equipped like a ‘flying ICU.’
‘Those are the pics of the actual aircraft’s interior,’ a spokesperson for the company told Fox News. ‘You can see its setup. We call it ‘flying ICU setting.’’
The jet was scheduled to stop at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri before heading to its final destination in Mexico. Except it never made it.
Investigators have yet to say what caused the plane to crash.