Chilling photos recorded the interior of a medical jet before this Friday evening crashed in Philadelphia, killed seven people and injured 22 others – because the authorities hope that the black box of the plane could give answers.
Jet Rescue Air, the company that operated the LearJet 55, released the photos from the interior, covered with a stretcher covered with a white sheet and surrounded by different pieces of medical equipment that is used to follow vitals and take care of a patient.
Two seats were placed next to the stretcher, with two others near the foot of the bed.
A spokesperson for the company called the Medevac Helicopter – who transported the 11 -year -old Valentina Guzman Murillo and her mother Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, 31, at the time of the crash – a 'Flying ICU setting' in comments to FOX News.
The small plane crashed around 6.30 pm, shortly after it was on its way to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri in Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
It was then to continue to Tijuana, Mexico, where Murillo, Ozuna and all crew members came from.
The circumstances around the fiery crash remain unclear, but officials hoped that the cockpit vote recorder – usually referred to as a 'black box' of an airplane – can give more answers.
It was found eight foot underground on the site of impact, which left a crater in the middle of a northeastern street in Philadelphia – but sources told 6abc that the black box was in 'decent form'.
Chilling photos recorded the inside of a medical jet who the 11-year-old Valentina Guzman Murillo and her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, 31, when it crashed on Friday evening
The aircraft was equipped with a stretcher covered with a white sheet and surrounded by different pieces of medical equipment that was used to follow vitals and take care of a patient
The National Transportation Safety Board also announced on Sunday that it had recovered the improved ground speed warning of the aircraft, which could also contain flight data, and both engines.
These components are now being sent to the NTSB vehicle recorders at Washington DC for evaluation, while the wreck is sent to a safe location in Delaware for further research.
But Shai Gold, the director of business strategy and communication for Air Ambulance, said earlier that there was 'absolutely no indication' of problems with the aircraft prior to crash.
Maintenance records on the plane were 'impeccable', he noticed and the company goes through the book – after the manufacturer's specifications.
Gold also said that the entire crew was on board the Jet first class.
'The flight team [is] Very experienced, “he said. 'We choose the best of the best to fly those air ambulances.
“These are very careful, very experienced individuals.”
The National Transportation Safety Board announced on Sunday that it had found the black box of the plane
The black box was found eight foot underground on the site of impact
The deadly crash left a crater in the middle of a northeastern street in Philadelphia
The plane wore Valentina and her mother back to Mexico, after she had completed the treatment for months in Shriner's Children's Philadelphia Hospital for a condition that could not easily be treated in Mexico.
It reached about 1500 feet before it fell to the ground.
In Air Traffic Controller Audio, a controller on Northeast Philadelphia Airport who tells the Jet to turn right during the departure.
The air traffic controller repeated the request just about 30 seconds later, before he asked the pilot 'what frequency' she asked.
Social media debated about the next part of their conversation, as sharp listeners said they could hear one side say that the other “talked to the wrong people.”
A few seconds after that comment, an ominous moan was to hear from what different social media user believed that the cockpit was.
After a short break, an air traffic controller asked: “What happens down there?”, To which another dispatcher replied: “We have a lost plane.”
“We are not exactly sure what happened, we try to find it out,” she added. “The field is being closed for now.”
The LearJet 55 reached approximately 1500 feet before he dropped to the ground
Photos show large rescue and emergency staff that clean up the wreck of the plane crash of Philadelphia outside Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia on Saturday morning
The crash place, near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, was quickly flooded in flames, caught with buildings and vehicles in the Inferno.
National Transportation Safety Board chairman Jennifer Homendy called it a 'high-impact crash' that left the plane 'very fragmented'.
Seven people were killed in the tragedy, including Valentina and her mother, as well as the crew members on board the Jet.
They have since been identified as pilot Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales and Co-Pilot Josué Juárez of Veracruz, as well as Dr. Raúl Meza Arredondo and Paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla.
A seventh victim was killed in a car when debris of the Learjet 55 was damaged in exploded and nearby houses. That victim has not yet been identified.
In the meantime, the number of wounded from the crash announced to 22, Mayor Cherelle Parker announced on Sunday.
Five remained in the hospital and three were left in critical condition.
The LearJet 55 plane was driven by Alan Montoya (photo)
Co-Pilot Jesús Juárez (photo) flew on the plane with doctor Raúl Meza while they transported the girl back to Mexico with her mother
Among the wounded is a woman who stays in a medically induced coma, her cousin told NBC Philadelphia.
“Seventy percent of her body was burned,” said Shantelle Fletcher about the 33-year-old Dominique, who traveled with her old partner and her son to a shop of a Macy in a nearby shopping center when the crash took place.
“They never achieved Macy's,” said Fletchere. “On the way, then the plane crashed and their vehicle was near the explosion area.”
Fortunately, she said, her cousin responds well to medication.
Another person who was admitted to the hospital is 10-year-old Trey Howard, whose father explained that he was hit by a piece of metal while he was in a nearby car.
Alexis Lloyd in the meantime lost her house in the explosion.
Her sister, Saleena temple, said she was only a few meters away from the impactvizier, cooking, when the plane crash landed – and made sure that her windows implode.
But Lloyd put something in the trash in her kitchen and stooped at that moment.
“She could have been struck by glass,” said Temple.
“We believe in God, so we believe for sure that you know that God had her hands.”
At least 11 houses were considerably damaged in the explosion of the crash
At least 11 houses were considerably damaged in the explosion, together with some companies, Parker said Sunday.
But local officials warned that there could be more victims because they encouraged residents to check their neighbors.
'If there is someone you think it has been in the area and they miss and they have not checked in and you cannot reach them or they live there, call 911,' begged city leader Adam Thiel.
He noted that the joint research team, consisting of nearly 30 local, provincial and federal agencies, will remain on the site to assess the damage.
“They still have a lot of processing of the scene,” said Thiel. “We have not yet recovered everything we need to recover from the scene.”
Parker also announced that civil servants went from door to door to seek information from residents of the neighborhood.
In the meantime, she insisted on patience.
“It is in times of crisis when you have to remember who you are, and we must remember what Philadelphia defines,” said the mayor, according to Whyy.
“We are a strong people, a resilient people who clearly understand how and why it is so important that we take care of each other.”
