Some debris from the Learjet 55 crash remained in the 2300 block of Cottman Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia a day after the incident. Portions of the fuselage and several burned cars remained in place the morning after the crash, Saturday Feb. 1, 2025.
The injury total from the Northeast Philadelphia plane crash increased again on Monday afternoon to 24, after an announcement from Mayor Cherelle Parker at an afternoon press conference.
Joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and PA Gov. Josh Shapiro, as well as several other officials, Parker announced that the number of injuries increased by two over the previous announced total.
Of those injured, four remain hospitalized, with two in critical condition.
The number of fatalities has not changed, as that total remains at seven - the six people on board the medical transport plane that crashed onto Cottman Ave., and one person who was killed on the ground while in a car.
That said, Parker said officials are being careful when talking about the number of injuries and fatalities as the investigation continues and new information comes in regularly from the joint operations among several official agencies, including the city's forensics department.
Duffy, who has been in his role for only a week, has had to deal with two plane crashes - one in Washington D.C. last Wednesday that occurred midair between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that resulted in 67 fatalities, and the crash in Philadelphia on Friday night.
He said that the plane's black box, which records all the voice data from the cockpit in flight and was recovered at the bottom of an eight foot crater where the plane crashed, was on it's way back to Washington D.C. for testing.
Once they are able to recover information from there, the investigative arms of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will begin to answer questions related to the crash.
"They will look at the weather. Were there any medical concerns? Was there any technical or mechanical issues on the airplane," Duffy said.
While there is no data recorder on the Learjet 55, there is an Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System that could provide some data about the crash that has been recovered.
He also announced that a preliminary report on the investigation is expected within 30 days.
Parker added that Roosevelt Blvd. has re-opened to traffic and that no Philadelphia public schools or charter schools in the area have been affected.
The six people on board the plane who perished were all Mexican nationals. The plane's captain Alan Montoya, co-pilot Josue Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza, paramedic Rodrigo Padilla, 11-year old patient Valentina Guzman Murillo - who had been treated at Shriner's Hospital in Philadelphia - and her mother Lizeth Murillo Osuna.
The person who was killed in their car has not been publicly identified.
