Plane crashes in Philadelphia

[FATCAT 60,888]

A twin-engine business jet crashed in a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia Friday night, causing a fiery explosion, according to authorities and video from the scene.

A Learjet 55 crashed around 6:30 p.m. ET 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/us/philadelphia-jet-crash-fire/index.html

[David Ward 9,613]

A Learjet 55 air ambulance crashed near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia on January 31, 2025, shortly after takeoff.

The aircraft, en route to Missouri, carried six people, including a patient and medical crew. Multiple fatalities were reported, and the crash caused a massive fire, damaging vehicles and nearby structures. 

Emergency crews responded swiftly, and the FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause. Residents were urged to avoid the area and report debris to authorities.

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/video-captures-moment-small-plane-crashes-in-philadelphia-230829125969

 

[Dr Fudge 8,674]

What the hell is happening? Seoul, DC, and now this?

[ChicaSkas 24,038]

we are so royally fcked.

[Flippy 14,254]

Please! What is going on?

[southpaw773 4,365]

Allegedly, word is the engine may have came off and the debris took out some of the avionics and it just nosedived 

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,612]

Learned about the accident from a video autoplaying and showing me a lost leg laying on the side of the road. 

Mortifying. Sending my love to all those affected. 

[RAMROD 117,032]

Imagine trying to to get some food and this happened to you

https://x.com/abuyaseen215/status/1885475462597464287?s=46&t=vakS--gh7WEFrLQANUKlhA

[Robo Ga 15,614]

This is so utterly terrifying 

[Decodekid 30,673]

Why is this happening too often now 

[RenegAde 20,555]

25 minutes ago, Decodekid said:

Why is this happening too often now 

For US I think trump firing so many aviation officials has left some gaps which have turned fatal sadly . But globally, I think the past decades of us experiencing relatively fewer air accidents might have caused the aviation sector to relax a little bit and standards have in turn dropped. There have been 2 close calls already in my country and we've barely even started the year .

[dit 46,738]

rest in peace to everyone who died Im taking a flight for the first time in 11 years and I am literally having anxiety attacks every single night leading to it

[Future Lovers 7,541]

7 hours ago, Dr Fudge said:

What the hell is happening? Seoul, DC, and now this?

 

7 hours ago, ChicaSkas said:

we are so royally fcked.

 

6 hours ago, Flippy said:

Please! What is going on?

 

5 hours ago, Decodekid said:

Why is this happening too often now 

 

5 hours ago, RenegAde said:

For US I think trump firing so many aviation officials has left some gaps which have turned fatal sadly . But globally, I think the past decades of us experiencing relatively fewer air accidents might have caused the aviation sector to relax a little bit and standards have in turn dropped. There have been 2 close calls already in my country and we've barely even started the year .

Allow me to shed some slight on this specific accident. 

Unlike the mid-air collision in DC, this particular kind of accident is not uncommon. The aviation industry operates in 3 sectors: commercial (your passenger planes flown by American, Delta, etc), military, and private/civllian (privately owned aircraft). 

Accidents in the first two sectors—commercial and military—are very uncommon, especially accidents that are fatal. However, there are on average over 1,000 accidents per year in private aviation. The reasons for this are many but primarily it comes down to three factors:

1. Private aviation has less stringent regulation than commercial aviation

2. The pilots who fly in this sector are often less experienced than in commercial aviation

3. There are hundreds of different kinds of aircraft used in private aviation whereas there are fewer than a dozen different models of aircraft in current use in commercial aviation (and most of them are split between only two companies)

All of this combines together to make this sector of aviation more prone to accidents. This particular crash is exceptionally horrific because of the circumstances (especially where it crashed), but don’t let it’s timing make you think this is symptomatic of something widespread happening in the industry. There is NO wider trend or widespread thing happening in the industry period, but even if there was, this particular crash has nothing to do with commercial flights.

This appears to be a mechanical failure, and if that is the case then the responsibility will fall onto whoever owns the plane as it is privately owned and operated. This sector of aviation is completely separate from commercial and the regulations as such are also incredibly different. The timing is horrible, but there is no equivalence in the accidents. DC is a shocking, uncommon event whereas this, albeit still horrific, is unfortunately not uncommon in the world of civil aviation.   

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3 hours ago, dit said:

rest in peace to everyone who died Im taking a flight for the first time in 11 years and I am literally having anxiety attacks every single night leading to it

Air travel accidents are extremely few and far between, especially in comparison to automobile travel. I always get a ton of anxiety too. I hate it. But I just allow myself to relinquish control of the situation. Try deep breathing exercises. Pre-download a few podcasts or other listening or visual media. Just cast everything out, it's just you and the podcast/whatever.

You got this.

[dit 46,738]

28 minutes ago, butthole said:

Air travel accidents are extremely few and far between, especially in comparison to automobile travel. I always get a ton of anxiety too. I hate it. But I just allow myself to relinquish control of the situation. Try deep breathing exercises. Pre-download a few podcasts or other listening or visual media. Just cast everything out, it's just you and the podcast/whatever.

You got this.

thank u so much. I genuinly needed this. I will come back to this post to gather the courage and strength for this   i know it seems ridiculous but it truly is kind of ruining my life the thought of having to fly soon