Small Learjet crashes into Philadelphia residential area

Law enforcement officials congregate at the scene of a Learjet crash in northeast Philadelphia that occurred the evening before, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

Destroyed cars line Cottman Avenue as authorities work at the scene of a Learjet crash in Northeast Philadelphia that occurred the evening before, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

Investigators work at the scene of a Learjet crash on Cottman Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia that occurred the evening before, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

Destroyed cars line Cottman Avenue as authorities work at the scene of a Learjet crash in Northeast Philadelphia that occurred the evening before, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

A burned car sits near the scene of a plane crash on the 7200 block of Cottman in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Emergency services work on the scene of a plane crash on the 7200 block of Cottman in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Debris of the aircraft lies on the ground at the site of a plane crash in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025.

Emergency personnel work to retrieve the body of a victim from the roof of a building in the aftermath of a plane crash in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, 2025.

Emergency services work on the scene where a small Learjet crashed in a residential area of Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker speaks during a news conference following a plane crash in a neighborhood in Northeast Philadephia, Pennsylvania, on January 31, 2025. A small aircraft crashed and sparked a large fire in a built-up neighborhood of Philadelphia on January 31, 2025, prompting a major emergency response, local media reported. A fireball was followed by the ignition of several fires on the ground in a northeastern neighborhood of the east coast US city, the local FOX29 channel showed.

Emergency services work on the scene where a small Learjet crashed in a residential area of Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Emergency personnel work at the site of a plane crash in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025.

Smoke rises as emergency personnel operate in the aftermath of a plane crash in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025.

Police vehicles block the area surrounding the site of a plane crash in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025.

Emergency services work on the scene where a small Learjet crashed in a residential area of Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Emergency services work on the scene where a small Learjet crashed in a residential area of Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Smoke rises as emergency personnel operate in the aftermath of a plane crash in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025.

Smoke rises as emergency personnel operate at the site of a plane crash in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025