By james art 
Philadelphia – a small plane crashed into northeastern Philadelphia 30 seconds after fleeing, on Friday, the governor of Pennsylvania.
Governor Josh Shapiro said he was offering all “community resources while responding to the small private plane crash in northeastern films”.
The crash happened at less than 3 miles from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, which mainly serves business aircraft and charter flights. Photos taken at the site of the crash appear to show housing homes on fire.
37 -year -old Michael Shiavon was sitting in his home in Maifer on Friday when he heard a loud blow and his house shook. He said he felt like a mini earthquake and when he checked footage from his home security camera, he said, it seems like a rocket was coming down. “There was a big explosion, so I decided we were attacked for a second,” he said.
The field data show a small stream, departing from the airport at 18:06 and disappears from the radar about 30 seconds later, after climbing to an altitude of 1600 feet.
The aircraft crashed at a busy intersection near the Mall Roosevelt, an outdoor shopping center, where the first responders blocked the traffic and viewers crowded at an angle of the street in the Rhawnhurst residential district. The Emergency Management Office of Philadelphia said the roads were closed in the area.
A video for a mobile phone made from moments of witnesses after the plane crashed, showed a chaotic scene with debris scattered throughout the intersection. The orange wall glowed right beyond the intersection, as the black smoke plume quickly rose in the sky, while some witnesses could be heard to cry and the sirens exploded.
The Federal Aviation Administration said two people were aboard the plane, Learjet 55 on the way to Springfield, Missouri.
The aircraft looked like a medical transport aircraft registered with a company operating like Med Jets.
The FAA said the National Transport Safety Council would lead the investigation. NTSB, which investigates air crashes, said it collects information about the crash.
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