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Mom, Daughter Killed In Philadelphia Learjet Crash While Returning Home From Medical Treatment
The pediatric patient and mother aboard the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance that crashed and exploded in Northeast Philadelphia have been identified as Valentina Guzman Murillo, 12, and her mother, Lizeth Murillo Osuna, 31, of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, officials confirmed.
Valentina had been in Philadelphia since August 2024, receiving treatment for myelomeningocele, a severe spinal cord malformation, at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia, family friends told Reforma. She had been discharged on Jan. 31 and was returning home with her mother when their Learjet 55 (XA-UCI) crashed just 30 seco…
Pediatric Patient, Mom Aboard Learjet Crashing, Exploding In Philadelphia (Videos)
An explosion rocked Northeast Philadelphia after a medical jet crashed into a densely populated area, igniting multiple fires and injuring people both in the air and on the ground, authorities told Daily Voice.
A Mexican-registered Learjet 55, registered as XA-UCI, crashed near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard just after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, after departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Aerial view over Philadelphia crash site pic.twitter.com/DC48p3K2ff — TaraBull (@TaraBull808) February 1, 2025
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Seven Victims Of RM Palmer Explosion Identified Ahead Of Memorial Vigil
Authorities have identified the seven victims killed in the RM Palmer chocolate factory explosion last week in Reading.
The victims were identified by the Berks County Coroner's Office in the Philadelphia Inquirer as:
Xiorky "Chany" D. Nunez, 30, of Reading
Susan H. Halvonik, 63, of Upper Providence Township
Michael D. Breedy, 62, of Marion Township
Diana M. Cedeno, 44, of Reading
Judith Lopez-Moran, 55, of Reading
Amy S. Sandoe, 49, of Ephrata, who was the HR director
Domingo Cruz, 60, of Reading, who worked in the production department, per his obituary.
The manner and cause of death fo…
NJ Mom Killed, PA Daughter Burned In Plane Crash Were Fulfilling Life-Long Flying Dream
A New Jersey woman was killed and two others injured after it crashed in a residential area of Long Island.
Roma Gupta, 63, of Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County, died, while her daughter, Reeva Gupta, 33, of Delaware County, PA, remains in critical condition following the crash in North Lindenhurst Sunday, March 5.
The plane’s pilot, New York City resident Fayzul Chowdhury, 23, of the Bronx, also remains in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital.
More than $107,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe campaign for the Gupta family as of Tuesday, March 7. According to the…
Pennsylvania Amish-Mennonite Co-Business Owner Killed In Virginia Plane Crash
A devout Christian and co-owner of an area business died in a plane crash in Virginia on Wednesday, Sept. 14, authorities say.
Kevin James Esh, 30, of New Holland, was piloting a Piper PA-32 Cherokee when his plane burst into flames as it crash into a field near Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday around 11:30 p.m., according flight data and Virginia state police.
Esh had taken off from Blue Ridge Regional Airport, near Martinsville, around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, flight records show. He was heading northeast when the Cherokee began losing altitude, approximately 45 minutes into the fli…
2 Pennsylvania Victims ID'd In West Virginia Plane Crash, Cause Revealed: Reports
Two of the three people killed in a plane crash in West Virginia while flying from Indiana to Pennsylvania have been identified.
The single-engine 1980 Piper PA-32-301 tail number N720RP crashed in a wooded area near Campbells Run Road in Metz, West Virginia on Thursday, August 11, WV Metro News reports and FlightAware information confirms.
Wesley Karl Martin, 30, of Narvon, and Dwayne K. Weaver, 32, of East Earl, died in the crash, according to their obituaries.
It is believed the two men when heading home from an event at Fresh Start Training Center in Washington, Indiana when the cra…
PA Air Force Pilot Returns To Duty Five Months After Plane Crash That Killed Daughter
A Pennsylvania air force pilot will return to duty on Wednesday, March 30, after approximately five months of rehabilitation and recovery following a plane crash that killed his daughter, officials said.
Col. Deane Thomey, who was seriously injured in the single-engine plane crash on Oct 22, 2021, in Colleton County, South Carolina, was treated for several weeks in the intensive care unit at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, according to a statement from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.
In November 2021, he was transferred to a medical facility near his home in Ale…
