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.



Three Dead, Five Missing in Indonesia Floods and Landslides

People move a scooter on a cart through a flooded area after some rivers overflowed following heavy rain in Bekasi, a suburb of Jakarta, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Aditya Irawan / AFP)
People move a scooter on a cart through a flooded area after some rivers overflowed following heavy rain in Bekasi, a suburb of Jakarta, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Aditya Irawan / AFP)
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Three Dead, Five Missing in Indonesia Floods and Landslides

People move a scooter on a cart through a flooded area after some rivers overflowed following heavy rain in Bekasi, a suburb of Jakarta, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Aditya Irawan / AFP)
People move a scooter on a cart through a flooded area after some rivers overflowed following heavy rain in Bekasi, a suburb of Jakarta, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Aditya Irawan / AFP)

Floods and landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java killed three people and left five more missing after heavy rains inundated two dozen towns, an official said Friday.

Torrential rains this week hit the capital Jakarta and its surrounding cities, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and authorities to use weather modification technology, AFP reported.

But the bad weather carried on in neighboring West Java province Thursday, hitting most parts of its Sukabumi district, damaging houses and flooding hundreds of public facilities including schools and hospitals.

At least three people, including a child, were found dead, and five people in two separate districts were still missing, according to the local disaster agency.

"The disaster was caused by extreme weather and torrential rain with high intensity that lasted for a long time," agency spokesperson Andrie Setiawan told AFP.

At least 24 towns in the district were affected by flooding and landslides, he said, adding more than 200 people had to evacuate to higher ground.

Indonesia is prone to landslides during the rainy season, typically between November and April.

Climate change has also increased the intensity of storms, leading to heavier rains, flash floods and stronger gusts.

In January, at least 25 people died after floods and landslides hit a town in Central Java.

Around 70 people died in May last year after heavy rains caused flash floods in West Sumatra, pushing a mixture of ash, sand and pebbles from the eruption of Mount Marapi into residential areas.