DEVELOPING: ‘Alleged’ Plane Crash – Row of Houses Hit in Philadelphia, Huge Explosion Reported After Impact (VIDEO)

It is being reported that another plane crash has occurred, this time in Philadelphia.

According to video and reports from the scene, a massive explosion erupted following the impact.

The plane apparently hit a row of houses near a mall with reports of injuries already coming out of the incident.

Watch the moment of impact from one camera angle:

(I want to state up front: what you are about to see in this video does not look like a ‘plane’ crash.  My understanding at this time is that it is indeed a plane, a LearJet, which is why the impact you’re about to see in the first video resembles that of a missile. At this time, I am reporting the news as it is being confirmed by authorities.  If the current information proves to be false in any way, this story will be updated to reflect that new information.)

🚨 HOLY CRAP! The plane in Philadelphia just slammed into a row of houses like a freaking MISSILE.

WTF? https://t.co/w9rHje9RWc pic.twitter.com/eTf0nlUARR

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 31, 2025

Here’s another angle showing the glow of the explosion on the horizon above the buildings upon impact.

🚨 #BREAKING: A plane has just crashed into a row of houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A massive fire has broken out, and casualties are being reported.

HUGE emergency response underway. pic.twitter.com/FqLNml3e4e

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 31, 2025

The fire is apparently still burning.

Nick Sortor apparently broke the news on social media with these posts:

🚨 #BREAKING: A plane has just crashed into a row of houses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A massive fire has broken out, and casualties are being reported.

HUGE emergency response underway. pic.twitter.com/FqLNml3e4e

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 31, 2025

The person in the second video can be heard saying that there are pieces of the plane scattered around, and the fire is still going.

The person can be heard reporting that it involves a side street next to a shopping center.

🚨 UPDATE: MASSIVE blaze at the scene of the Philadelphia plane crash.

Debris and smashed cars everywhere.

Holy hell. https://t.co/oHe8dWQFqD pic.twitter.com/OKtgVQJPPy

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 31, 2025

ABC Action News in Philly is reporting the impact as that of a ‘small plane’:

A small plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, officials said, with a fiery explosion observed upon impact.

It happened near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard just after 6 p.m. Friday.

According to the FAA, a Learjet 55 departed from Northeast Philadelphia Airport en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri when it went down.

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“It was just horrific. I was just driving down the street, coming to Wendy’s and I just saw a plane basically hit the building and it exploded. The sky light up and I pulled over and basically it was just real bad around here,” said one witness, who described the incident as “Earthquakish.

“It lit up the whole sky,” he added.

Plane crashed on street, multiple cars and houses on fire #philly pic.twitter.com/3nQpr1IQt8

— リカ (@lika_4649) January 31, 2025

Later reporting has indicated that the plane was a Learjet, explaining why the initial video put out by Nick Sortor appeared to be a missile strike, as opposed to a plane crash.

The plane was a Learjet 55 headed from Philadelphia to Springfield.

It apparently crashed in the vicinity of the Roosevelt Mall moments after taking off, at approximately 6:07PM local time, according to a report from CBS News:

Emergency crews are responding to an explosion in Northeast Philadelphia after a small medical jet crashed in the area of Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue, Philadephia police confirmed to CBS News Philadelphia.

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The plane, a Learjet 55, was going from Philadelphia to Springfield, Missouri, leaving the Northeast Philadelphia Airport when tragedy struck. The plane crashed into a neighborhood outside the Roosevelt Mall just moments after leaving the airstrip at around 6:07 p.m. The first call went out to officials at 6:12 p.m.

Emergency crews are currently battling the fire and attempting to assist those injured in the crash.

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UPDATE: 1/31/25 – 8:05 CST: According to Nick Sortor who widely broke the news of the crash on social media, the plane was a medical jet transporting a pediatric patient.  Sortor cites the operator of the Jet Air Ambulance service.

🚨 #BREAKING: The medical jet which crashed in Philly was transporting a pediatric patient, per the operator Jet Air Ambulance

No survivors are expected.

Absolutely heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/AZUqyH3L6c

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 1, 2025

This is a developing story.  We will bring you more information as it becomes available to us.