At Least Seven People Dead in Philadelphia Plane Crash

A vehicle is parked at the site as police secures the perimeter the day after a medevac plane operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed soon after takeoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US February 1, 2025.  REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers
A vehicle is parked at the site as police secures the perimeter the day after a medevac plane operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed soon after takeoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers
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At Least Seven People Dead in Philadelphia Plane Crash

A vehicle is parked at the site as police secures the perimeter the day after a medevac plane operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed soon after takeoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US February 1, 2025.  REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers
A vehicle is parked at the site as police secures the perimeter the day after a medevac plane operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed soon after takeoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers

At least seven people died when a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday, including six Mexicans aboard the plane and one person who was on the ground, Mexico's president and Philadelphia's mayor said on Saturday.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker told a press conference that the person who died on the ground had been in a car at the site of the crash.

"Thus far, our count is that there are 19 injured victims," Parker said.

Separately, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a post on X that she had asked consular officials to support the families of the six Mexican citizens who were on the plane and died when it crashed.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, based in Mexico and licensed to operate in the US, on Friday said its aircraft crashed with four crew members, one pediatric medical patient and the patient's mother on board.

The child was a girl on her way home with a final destination of Tijuana, Shai Gold, who works on corporate strategy with Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, told CNN on Friday. Her mother was also aboard, he said.



US Authorities Arrest Palestinian Student Protester at Columbia University

FILE PHOTO: Students at Columbia University paint a response to a message written by Palestinians in Rafah thanking students for their support as they continue to maintain a protest encampment on campus in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US, April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Students at Columbia University paint a response to a message written by Palestinians in Rafah thanking students for their support as they continue to maintain a protest encampment on campus in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US, April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
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US Authorities Arrest Palestinian Student Protester at Columbia University

FILE PHOTO: Students at Columbia University paint a response to a message written by Palestinians in Rafah thanking students for their support as they continue to maintain a protest encampment on campus in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US, April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Students at Columbia University paint a response to a message written by Palestinians in Rafah thanking students for their support as they continue to maintain a protest encampment on campus in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US, April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

Agents from US President Donald Trump's administration arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year's pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University, four fellow students said on Sunday.
The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university's School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by US Department of Homeland Security agents at his university residence on Saturday, said undergraduate student Maryam Alwan and three other students who asked not to be identified, citing fears of reprisals.
Khalil has been one of the negotiators with school administrators on behalf of the pro-Palestinian student protesters, who set up a tent encampment on a Columbia lawn last year, Reuters reported.
Khalil's detention appears to be one of the first efforts by Trump, a Republican who returned to the White House in January, to fulfill his promise to seek the deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement. The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent Israeli assault on Gaza led to months of pro-Palestinian protests that roiled US college campuses.
A spokesperson for Columbia said the school was barred by law from sharing information about individual students.
Spokespeople for the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State, which oversees the country's visa system, did not respond to questions.
In an interview with Reuters a few hours before his arrest on Saturday, Khalil said he was concerned that he was being targeted by the government and some conservative pro-Israel groups for speaking to the media.
The Trump administration on Friday said it had canceled government contracts and grants awarded to Columbia University worth about $400 million. The government said the cuts and the student deportation efforts are because of antisemitic harassment at and near Columbia's Manhattan campus.

Agents from US President Donald Trump's administration arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year's pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University, four fellow students said on Sunday.
The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university's School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by US Department of Homeland Security agents at his university residence on Saturday, said undergraduate student Maryam Alwan and three other students who asked not to be identified, citing fears of reprisals.
Khalil has been one of the negotiators with school administrators on behalf of the pro-Palestinian student protesters, who set up a tent encampment on a Columbia lawn last year, Reuters reported.
Khalil's detention appears to be one of the first efforts by Trump, a Republican who returned to the White House in January, to fulfill his promise to seek the deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement. The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent Israeli assault on Gaza led to months of pro-Palestinian protests that roiled US college campuses.
A spokesperson for Columbia said the school was barred by law from sharing information about individual students.
Spokespeople for the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State, which oversees the country's visa system, did not respond to questions.
In an interview with Reuters a few hours before his arrest on Saturday, Khalil said he was concerned that he was being targeted by the government and some conservative pro-Israel groups for speaking to the media.
The Trump administration on Friday said it had canceled government contracts and grants awarded to Columbia University worth about $400 million. The government said the cuts and the student deportation efforts are because of antisemitic harassment at and near Columbia's Manhattan campus.