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Medical air ambulance crash in Philadelphia claims six lives

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A Jet Rescue Learjet 55 ambulance aircraft crashed violently moments after takeoff from North Philadelphia Airport (PNE/KPNE) on January 31, 2025. The Bombardier Learjet 55, registered in Mexico as XA-UCI and operating under the call sign Med Jets 56, was completely destroyed upon impact.

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Philadelphia plane crash CVR unearthed eight feet deep, aircraft victims named

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According to CBS , Jet Rescue Air Ambulance confirmed the names of all the aircraft victims which included a child patient and her mother who were being flown back to their home in Mexico after the young girl received treatment at Shriners Childrens Hospital. My office is open over the weekend to help those impacted.

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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

Aerotime

TSB Approach sequence Due to reported wind gusts as the CRJ900 approached Toronto Pearson following a flight from MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport (MSP) the aircraft was flown at 149 knots. seconds before touchdown the aircrafts indicated airspeed was 136 knots, and its ground speed was 111 knots.

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Huh: Southwest 737 Tries To Take Off From Taxiway In Orlando

One Mile at a Time

A Southwest Airlines jet attempted to take off from a taxiway yesterday, somehow mistaking it for a runway in broad daylight. At Orlando Airport, Southwest departs from airside 2, and the plane was supposed to take off from runway 17R, a very short distance away. The taxiway runs parallel to the runway.

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CRJ900 Overturns on Canada’s Busiest Runway

Fear of Landing

The following is CCTV video of the crash as posted on X : New surveillance video captures the moment a Delta Airlines jet crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with 75 passengers on board leaving 18 injured. The wing tip struck the runway after which the wing and the tail separated and the fuel from the wing caught fire.

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Asiana A350 Has (Dangerously?) Low Approach To SFO

One Mile at a Time

Specifically, as the aircraft was still around three miles from the intended landing runway (28L), it descended all the way down to 275 feet, according to flight tracking software Flightradar24. Its interesting to note that the plane was both lower than it shouldve been, and also quite a bit faster, as it was going 173 knots.

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ATC Error Leads To Southwest 737 Close Call On San Diego Runway

One Mile at a Time

This isn’t good… air traffic controllers cleared two Southwest jets to use the same runway at the same time. VASAviation has an excellent video with both the air traffic control audio and a depiction of where the jets were located during the incident. Southwest 1478: “Runway 27, line up and wait, Southwest 1478.”

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