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A Plane Crashed on Cottman Avenue in Northeast Philly (UPDATED)

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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A plane crashed near the Roosevelt Mall on Friday night and the video is astonishing:

This part of Cottman is super-dense and contains a ton of classic Northeast Philly rowhouses packed in tight, on either side of Bustleton Ave. Honest to god, the fact that this plane landed where it did is a minor miracle because you’re looking at a horrific mass casualty situation if it comes down even slightly south of the crash site, which looks to be next to the Dunkin Donuts across from Leonard Street and Rupert Street.

The TV stations have been doing a great job with this. Steve Keeley was on the scene in what felt like five seconds. There’s been some conflicting information though about the number of passengers, which was reported initially as six and later said to be two people, so a discrepancy there which needs clarification. The FAA said in a statement that this plane was a Learjet traveling from the Northeast Philly airport to Springfield-Branson in Missouri. It was a medical flight, and in some of the debris shots you can see an oxygen tank and similar items. It came down around 6:30 p.m. and if you’ve ever been through Cottman Avenue even once in your life, you know that there are a ton of cars in this area even during non-rush hour times.

Here’s an aerial shot of the scene. We’ll update this when more info comes out:

EDIT – AP is saying six passengers.

Their info:

Kevin Kinkead
Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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