Medical aircraft crash in Philadelphia was carrying child home after life-saving treatment

According to the Daily Mail, the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance aircraft was headed to Tijuana, Mexico with a stop in Missouri along the way. The small aircraft had just taken off from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport when the plane crashed, creating a fiery explosion on the ground.

The death count as of Saturday morning was seven, including the little girl who was flying on the small aircraft with her mother, the pilot, a co-pilot, as well as a paramedic. One person on the ground was also killed. At least 19 others were injured, according to ABC6.

Spokesman for Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Shai Gold told reporters of the young girl, "She did her course of care. She was going home. She fought quite a lot to survive, and unfortunately, this tragedy on the way home."

The girl was a patient at Shriners Children's Philadelphia hospital, a spokesman confirmed to reporters. “Shriners Children's is heartbroken to confirm that one of our pediatric patients and the child's mother were aboard the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance that crashed in Philadelphia this evening,” the facility said in a statement.

"The patient had received care from Shriners Children's Philadelphia and was being transported back to her home country in Mexico on a contracted air ambulance when the crash happened. Because of patient privacy concerns, we cannot say any more about the patient and her family at this time.”

Drone footage of the scene went viral online, where the plane was seen plummeting to the ground, hitting the ground, and causing a massive fireball. Some of the flames reached the buildings facing the street. Multiple homes were set ablaze by the crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration as well as the National Transportation Safety Board have started an investigation into what happened leading up to the crash.