This is the harrowing moment a doomed plane careers into a row of houses - resulting in a massive explosion and fireball. The US has been rocked by its second aircraft tragedy in just two days after the small jet - thought to be an air ambulance - ploughed into several buildings in Northeast Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. The horror, which happened at 6pm local time on Friday, was caught on camer by a shocked witness. The mobile phone clip, shared on social media, captures the plane spiral out of control from the sky and hit homes.

The two people aboard the plane - a Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Learjet 55 - are thought to be among several dead. Casualties are being treated on the ground, where homes are said to be ablaze. Witnesses described a "large debris field," multiple burning cars, and the "smell of fuel in the air," according to one witness who spoke to LIVENOW. Another witness told ABC 6: "It was just horrific. I was just driving down the street, coming to Wendy's and I just saw a plane basically hit the building and it exploded. The sky light up and I pulled over and basically it was just real bad around here." He likened the incident to an earthquake, adding, "Earthquakish. It lit up the whole sky.".

The crash site is located near Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Images and videos from the scene show a significant rescue response, with dozens of fire trucks heading towards the area, reports the Mirror US. The report has triggered a wave of concern on social media, with many questioning the safety of air travel following this being the second fatal crash to make headlines this week. A recent press conference from the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) disclosed that salvage barges are heading to the scene of Wednesday's mid-air collision between a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 airplane and a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

All 67 people involved in that crash died, authorities confirmed. The names of the bodies found in the nearby Potomac River have been released by US media. Investigators have now confirmed they recovered black boxes from the Potomac River and are carrying out tests in a laboratory. In an update on X, the National Transportation Safety Board said: "NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane involved in yesterday's mid-air collision in DCA. The recorders are at the NTSB labs for evaluation.".