A small medical plane crashed in northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening in a large explosion.

The plane, a Learjet 55, crashed shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport at 6:30 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Six people on the medical transport jet, including a child, were killed on the flight en route Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri.

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