Air Ambulance with six persons on Board Crashes in…

New Delhi: Two days after a midair collision of a passenger plane and a military helicopter in the United States, a twin-engine medevac jet crashed into a residential neighbourhood in northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, triggering a massive explosion, according to authorities as reported by CNN.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed in a statement to CNN that the aircraft, a Learjet 55, went down around 6:30 p.m. ET shortly after departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The jet, operated by air ambulance company Jet Rescue, was en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri with six people on board.According to air traffic control radio communications, the aircraft was identified as a medevac flight. Data from ADS-B Exchange shows the plane climbed to 1,650 feet before plummeting at a final descent rate of 11,000 feet per minute as reported by CNN.In audio obtained from LiveATC.net, an air traffic controller is heard repeatedly attempting to contact the aircraft: “Medevac med service, northeast tower. Medevac med service, northeast tower. Are you on frequency?” Shortly thereafter, another transmission states, “We have a lost aircraft.”