Pediatric patient among 6 people on plane that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia

[Bill Clitnon]

Sudden incapacitation is one of those knee-jerk 'fears' that is actually far down the probability list. The average interval between such events for a medically fit pilot is about 1 billion seconds. Given the 30 seconds between takeoff and crash, you can do the maths. Mechanical failure or spatial disorientation is orders of magnitude more likely. Over long-distance flights the balance shifts somewhat.

Exactly, hence my doubt about it being medical.

I hope (wrong word?) it was mechanical failure, because spatial disorientation in a 2-crew jet with (I assume) fully serviceable flight director and autopilot is just unacceptable.

 

[Gordon_R]

BBC update reports that the black box (combined CVR/FDR) has been recovered:

Jet company identifies victims of Philadelphia air ambulance crash

Investigators have also located the aircraft's black box, CBS reports. It could provide clues into the cause of the crash.

www.bbc.com

 

[HAL 9000]

NTSB official B-Roll video footage...

 

[chrisc]

BBC update reports that the black box (combined CVR/FDR) has been recovered:

Jet company identifies victims of Philadelphia air ambulance crash

Investigators have also located the aircraft's black box, CBS reports. It could provide clues into the cause of the crash.

www.bbc.com

Incorrect

 

[wbot]

Imagine having a life-threatening condition and getting life-saving treatmemt only to die in a plane crash immediately after

Fate can be cruel sometimes.

 

[Craig_]

Incorrect

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It's also being reported on twitter that it had been found...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886206897520574674

 

[Gordon_R]

Incorrect

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That's an editing error, old text not removed during the update. (BBC standards have slipped in the era of instant news.)

The cause of the crash is not yet known, but investigators recovered the aircraft's black box on Sunday, the National Transport Safety Board said in a statement obtained by CBS, the BBC's US news partner.

Multiple sources:

Video NTSB locates black box in deadly Philadelphia air ambulance crash

NTSB investigators say they have located the data and voice recorder of the air ambulance that crashed in Philadelphia, killing six people aboard and one person on the ground.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Oldfut]

Imagine having a life-threatening condition and getting life-saving treatmemt only to die in a plane crash immediately after

Fate can be cruel sometimes.

I read somewhere that an medical oxygen cylinder malfunction may have been a possible cause.

 

[HAL 9000]

 

[garyc]

> Plane crashes.
> Claim God is great.

I mean really...

Despite the crash being a little distance away, the sound of the crash is synchronized with the video. The audio has been doctored to some extent at least.

 

[HAL 9000]

That moment when having a quiet meal in a restaurant goes to 'Hell in a Handbasket', when the Learjet suffered a rapid unscheduled disassembly (RUD) right outside the premises...