Mayor Cherelle Parker was joined by several city officials as she spoke at a news conference just after 8:30 p.m. Friday night.
The medical plane, a Learjet 55, was going from Philadelphia to Springfield, Missouri, leaving the Northeast Philadelphia Airport when tragedy struck. The plane crashed into a neighborhood outside the Roosevelt Mall just moments after leaving the airstrip at around 6:07 p.m. The first call went out to officials at 6:12 p.m.
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