An Audio Record Emerged from the Philadelphia Plane Crash
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Audio from an air traffic control tower at Northeast Philadelphia Airport reveals the horrific moments before a medical ambulance plane crashed in Philadelphia Friday night while transporting a pediatric patient. The audio was recorded moments before the plane took off. Operators can be heard speaking as they desperately tried to make contact with the Learjet 55 before it crashed. "What’s going on down there?" one air traffic controller can be heard saying. "We have a lost aircraft. We’re not exactly sure what happened. So, we’re trying to figure it out," replies another air traffic controller. "The field is going to be closed so no inbounds-outbounds." First responders work the scene after a small plane crashed in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company operating the plane, said the aircraft was a Learjet 55 while departing from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport around 6:30 p.m. ...