Philadelphia plane crash: Nurses threw party for patient, 6, hours before she died in air disaster Nurses who treated the young Mexican girl killed when her air ambulance crashed over Philadelphia threw her a goodbye party just hours before she died.
The child, who nurses had “grown incredibly close to”, was flying home to Mexico with her mother when the medical transport plane crashed near Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening.
While some patients can travel commercially through hospital partnerships with airlines, more critical cases require private air ambulances, like the one that crashed Friday.
Carrying six people from Mexico, the Learjet 55 went down just after departing from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, creating what witnesses described as a massive fireball, shaking houses and leaving a chaotic street scene.
Officials, citing privacy concerns, have not released the girl’s name or medical condition, but confirmed she had been treated for a serious illness that was difficult to manage in Mexico.
