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The families of two of the eight people who died when an air ambulance crashed earlier this year philadelphia A lawsuit was filed on Monday, claiming negligence on the part of the medical air transport company and others led to his death.
The wrongful death suit was filed by pediatrician Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo and the estate of Lizeth Murillo Osuna, the mother of a girl who was visiting her home. Mexico After being treated at a Philadelphia hospital.
All six people on board the Learjet 55 were killed, as well as two people on the ground. More than 20 people were injured.
About a minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on January 31 tijuanaThe plane, bound for Mexico, crashed into a busy area, “exploding with a massive explosion that engulfed numerous vehicles and homes and sent fiery debris falling onto frightened and helpless onlookers,” the plaintiffs allege in the suit.
The accident occurred near the Roosevelt Mall, an outdoor shopping center in the Roanhurst neighborhood.
National Transportation Safety Board It said the voice recorder on the plane was not working and the crew had not made any distress calls to air traffic control.
The defendants include the Guadalajara air ambulance company, Med Jets, S.A. de CV, which does business as Jet Rescue, as well as unspecified others who were responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and inspection of the aircraft.
Messages seeking comment were left Monday for a Jet Rescue spokesperson, listed attorneys representing Med Jets in a related federal lawsuit, and the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance facility. Florida,
Both Arredondo and Osuna were described in the lawsuit as Mexican citizens. Arredondo lived in Atizapán de Zaragoza, Osuna, in Ensenada.