Philadelphia residents and shoppers have been left running for cover after a medical transport plane struck a local shopping mall and houses reportedly killing at least two and potentially six occupants as emergency crews try to contain multiple fireballs.
As the US reels from another tragedy only days after an American Airlines passenger jet was downed in Washington the latest plane crash disaster reportedly involved a medial transport aircraft which may have exploded in ythe airn and plummetted into a local neighbourhood.
The Roosevelt Mall in downtown Philadelphia is on fire as are several houses, cars and shops surrounding the carpark of the shopping centre after the Leerjet 55 broke up around the area.
A massive fireball erupted soon after the plane crashed into facility creating several fires with people reporting finding plane parts scattered in the surrounding suburb and along Roosevelt Boulevarde.
Police officials are stating that the flight contained a medical team transporting a patient when it exploded.
Every figrefighter and police officer in thhe reign have reponded to the scene as local workers in cafes and restaurants were seen running through the streets to avoid the various fires.
“I just saw a big old explosion and thought it was a gas leak,” a local cafe worker said.
“Then I saw a plane and all the fires and everybody just ran out of the cafe’s and restaurants.”
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