Philly medical jet crash victims ID'd, NTSB recovers black box

What to Know

• A medical jet carrying a girl who was returning to Mexico after receiving treatment for a life-threatening illness at a U.S. hospital crashed in Northeast Philadelphia, killing all six people on board, a seventh person who was in a vehicle on the ground and injuring at least 22 others.
• The crash occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, near the Roosevelt Mall and intersection of Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue. Multiple videos obtained by NBC10 show the plane plummeting from the sky, crashing to the ground and a massive explosion shortly after. Multiple homes in the area caught fire.
• According to the FAA, the plane was a Learjet 55 that left Northeast Philadelphia Airport and was headed for Springfield-Branson National Airport and stopping in Missouri before traveling to its final destination of Tijuana, Mexico.
• Valentina Guzman Murillo, a girl who was returning to Mexico after receiving treatment for a life-threatening illness at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia, was among the six people on board the flight. The other victims include Murillo’s mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, Captain Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales, co-pilot Josue de Jesus Juarez Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, and paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla.
• The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the investigation. On Sunday, the NTSB recovered the black box or cockpit voice recorder from the medical jet.
• A shelter for those impacted by the crash opened at Samuel Fels High School on 5500 Langdon Street in Philadelphia.
• Of the 22 people who were hurt in the crash, five of them remain in the hospital and three of them are in critical condition, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said.