Likely ID of the plane that crashed in Philly: Lear 55 Air Ambulance

Feb 1, 2025 1:42 AM

This image from one of the street videos shows a piece of wreckage with the partial registration number XA-UCL or XA-UCI. You can search plane reg numbers online, and UCL is a 737; UCI is a Lear 55 Air Ambulance.

Searching on that registration shows this image of the plane.

Flight aware shows it taking off from Philly at 6pm.

CNN reporting it was a Medevac aircraft carrying a pediatric patient, their escort/caregiver, and four crew

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Dash cam footage showed it nose dived to the ground like a missile. I wonder wouldn't the pilot be able to make it glide even if engine failed?

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Not if it was the elevator screw breaking.

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not if there was a mechanical failure in the control surfaces or software

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I saw someone's dash cam footage earlier, the ring cam looked terrible, but the dash cam looked terrifying.

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Got a link?

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Still working at figuring out BlueSky, hopefully this will get you there. https://bsky.app/profile/politicalfeed.bsky.social

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If that doesn't work it is the video that starts like this.

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