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PHILADELPHIA (AP) â A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.

A medical plane carrying a child patient and 5 others crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze

<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; ALREADY STARTED FLOODING INTO THE AREA TO HELPA CIVIL. &gt;&gt; YEAH. AS WE TALKED, LOOKING AT THE LATEST WEATHER OUT OF THAT AREA, NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT, RAIN AND AREAS OF FOG. OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS WEATHER RELATED BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING INVESTIGATORS WILL HAVE A KEEN EYE ON FOR -- THE CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THIS. TOM. THIS IS -- KIND OF A PLANE -- IS A JET. IT IS SMALLER. IT LIKELY WOULDN'T HAVE FLOWN OUT OF A MAJOR AIRPORT. &gt;&gt; THAT'S 100% CORRECT. I'M CHECKING THE NOTES FROM THE FAA ON THIS. THE FAA IS MAKING A POINT THAT IT FLEW OUT -- I BELIEVE THE NAME OF THAT AIRPORT, LET ME DOUBLE CHECK, NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT. NOT PHILADELPHIA PER SE, NOT THE MAIN AIRPORT BUT NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT. THAT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THESE FLIGHTS FOR EXAMPLE TO LEAVE FROM A REGIONAL AIRPORT AND THEN HEAD TO ANOTHER REGIONAL AIRPORT. WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WERE ON BOARD AND IF THERE WAS A PATIENT ON BOARD. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS THAT NOT ONLY WERE -- APARTMENTS AND HOMES HIT BUT SO WERE CARS ON THE GROUND. OF COURSE IT'S A RUSH HOUR, 6:30 P.M. WOULD CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY CROWD CROWDED STREETS IN THAT AREA NEAR THE ROOSEVELT MALL. THAT VIDEO AS I SAID WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH A SIGNIFICANT FIRE IN A -- LOOKS LIKE A BLOCK OF ROW HOUSES THERE. &gt;&gt; AND WE OBVIOUSLY ARE ALL NOTING I THINK PROBABLY PERSONALLY OR OUT LOUD THIS OF COURSE IS ON THE HEELS OF THE COLLISION THAT YOU AND I ARE COVERING HERE IN WASHINGTON, TOM. DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANES BUT RATTLING FOR PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, HAVING SEEN WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER NIGHT. &gt;&gt; I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. WE ARE AT REGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THE NTSB SAID THEY HAVE COLLECTED THE BLACK BOXES FROM BOTH THE REGIONAL JET AND THE ARMY HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED IN TO EACH OTHER OVER THE POTOMOC RIVER AND WE LIVE THERE ARE STILL VICTIMS IN THE POTOMOC. THAT WAS A CASE OF AN AIRLINER THAT WAS ON IT'S FINAL APPROACH INTO REGAN AIRPORT AND SUDDENLY ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE SOURCES, HIT BY AN ARMY HELICOPTER THAT ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT WAS FLYING TO HIGH. WE ARE WORKING MORE ON THAT STORY AND THE DEVELOPMENTS WILL COME OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WEEKS. SEPARATE CIRCUMSTANCES AND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLANE AND THE ONE IN PHILADELPHIA IS NOT A COMMERCIAL PLANE THIS IS A MEDAVAC JET THAT APPEAR TO HAVE DEVELOPED A PROBLEM THAT LED TO A CRASH. &gt;&gt; WE KNOW THESE KIND -FZ PLANES OPERATE UNDER DIFFERENT RULES THAN AIRLINERS IN WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO. LET ME JUST ASK YOU DO WE KNOW IF IT WOULD HAVE A FLIGHT RECORDER OR COCKPIT RECORDER? &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER THERE IN PART BECAUSE RU RIGHT. THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THOSE CARRYING PAYING CUSTOMERS ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN A PRIVATE AIR CRAFT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO HAVE A PLAQUE BOX OR BLACK BOXES ON BOARD THIS JET. SOMETIMES COMPANIES DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY, SOMETIMES THEY DO. WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PLANE IN PHILADELPHIA. I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YES, BOTH AIR CRAFT HERE HAD BLACK BOXES IN WASHINGTON. &gt;&gt; IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US THERE'S BEEN A PLANE CRASH IN THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA YEAR A MALL. WE ARE STILL GATHERING INFORMATION. YOU CAN FOLLOW US AFTER GABBY POSTED THIS VIDEO OF TWO MEN SHE SAYS WERE HARASSING HER, INTERNET SLEUTHS IDENTIFIED ONE OF THEM. &gt;&gt; HE HAS AN ARREST HISTORY AND A HISTORY FLIGHT RESERVATION INFORMATION ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE AND ATHLETES. AND I AM WONDERING WHO IS SELLING HIM THIS INFORMATION? THIS IS CRAZY. AND IT'S A HUGE OPERATION IT SEEMS LIKE. THEY ARE STALKING ME AT O'HARE. &gt;&gt; Deborah: WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE "INSIDE EDITION" AFTER THIS. &gt;&gt; Announcer: NEXT, SORRY, WRONG ORGAN. &gt;&gt; THEY WENT TO HAVE HIS SPLEEN REMOVED, BUT THEY TOOK OUT HIS LABOR BY MISTAKE. &gt;&gt; WHAT HIS HEART BROKEN WIDOW IS SAYING TODAY. &gt;&gt; MY HUSBAND'S LABOR WAS MISSING OUT OF HIS BODY. IT WAS GONE. &gt;&gt; Announcer: THEN... &gt;&gt; Deborah: THE SUPER BOWL CORRESPONDENT REVEALED. &gt;&gt; Announcer: "INSIDE EDITION WITH DEBORAH NORVILLE" "</p>

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WASHINGTON (AP) â President Donald Trump said Friday he would place 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China effective Saturday, raising the specter of swift price increases for U.S. consumers even though he suggested he would try to blunt the impact on oil imports.

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