NTSB says medical jet was in the air for less than a minute before crash in Philadelphia

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A small medical transport jet carrying a child and her mother along with four other people was in the air for less than a minute after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport before coming down in a fiery "high-impact" crash near a busy mall Friday evening.

The Learjet 55, operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, took off at 6:06 p.m. Friday, climbed to about 1,500 feet and then rapidly descended, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Bill Hicks told reporters during a press briefing Saturday.

"The entire flight lasted less than a minute," Hicks said.

All six people aboard the jet died in the crash, including the child, who had just received care from Shriner's Hospital in Philadelphia and was returning home to Mexico with her mother. There were also four crew members on board. All were Mexican citizens, according to a statement from the Mexican government.

On Sunday morning, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance identified those aboard the crashed jet as pediatric patient Valentina Guzman Murillo and her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna; Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, paramedic Lopez Padilla, flight Capt. Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales and co-pilot Josue De Jesus Juarez Juarez.

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