A helicopter crashed outdoors Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon — with all 4 individuals, together with an toddler, on board anticipated to outlive in an “absolute miracle,” officers mentioned.
The medevac chopper crashed round 1 p.m. close to Drexel Hill United Methodist Church in Delaware County on its approach to the Youngsters’s Hospital of Philadelphia from Maryland, according to CBS.
Authorities mentioned the passengers — the pilot, two crew members and an toddler affected person — had been capable of pull themselves out of the wreck, FOX 29 reported.
None sustained life-threatening accidents.
The toddler was taken to the Youngsters’s Hospital of Philadelphia, however relations had not but been notified, Higher Darby police Superintendent Timothy M. Bernhardt mentioned at a press convention.
“It’s a miracle, it’s an absolute miracle, right here what you see behind me,” Bernhardt mentioned.
Officers described the incident as a “managed touchdown” because the pilot managed to keep away from crashing into any properties within the residential space.
It was nonetheless unclear as of three p.m. what induced the crash.
Images from the scene present the badly broken chopper mendacity on its aspect subsequent to the church.
Witness Jarrell Saunders, 28, mentioned he noticed the plane “simply floating, like actual low, like extraordinarily low, prefer it might land on the constructing that I work at.”
He works at an condo constructing close by.
Saunders mentioned he noticed the chopper hit the bottom in the midst of the street after which slide throughout the bottom till it crashed into the church.
“I’m telling my grandkids about this one,” he mentioned.
With Publish wires
