The pandemonium in Northeast Philadelphia following the harrowing medical jet plane crash Friday was “like a horror movie,” shocked locals told The Post Saturday.
Calvert Street resident Quincy Casby said he was jolted awake after the Learjet 55, which was carrying six people onboard, smashed into the ground near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, killing everyone on the flight while sending hunks of flaming metal into the streets and people’s homes.
After running outside, Casby saw a neighbor’s home was on fire, while cars in the street burned and women screamed in utter terror.
“It looked like the Hulk had ran through and had a whole fight,” Casby, 22, said.
“I saw one car had blood spattered all over it. There was a woman sitting there in shock with her eyes wide open saying, ‘My God, my God, my God.’ She said she’d seen a dead body.
“That’s when I left because it was like a horror movie.”
Disturbing footage obtained by The Post revealed the bedlam that rocked the working-class community after the plane crashed near the Roosevelt Mall.
Thick plumes of black smoke rose in the near distance from a wall of flames, while flaming chunks of debris, scattered metal scraps and cars abandoned at intersections blanketed Cottman Avenue.
A cacophony of wailing police and firetruck sirens filled the air, along with confused hollers and car horns.
“I don’t know what the f–k happened,” one bystander hollered.
“It was chaos around here,” real estate agent and restaurateur Fazal Shakoor, 39, said. “Everyone was running around the streets.”
On Calvert Street, which had a gaping hole on its second floor, was struck by the plane’s landing gear, Shakoor said, while a plane wheel was still on the sidewalk Saturday.
The doomed flight, which was operated by Mexico-based Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, plummeted less than a minute after taking off at 6:06 p.m. from Northeast Philadelphia Airport for a stop at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, according to data on FlightRadar24.
The plane was carrying home to Mexico a young girl who had received “life-saving” treatment from Shriners Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia and her mother, along with a paramedic, pilot, and a copilot, according to spokespeople for Jet Rescue and Shriners.
In addition to the six killed on board the flight, all of whom were Mexican citizens, at least one person on the ground was also killed in the crash and 19 others injured, Mayor Cherelle Parker confirmed.
On Saturday afternoon, FBI Emergency Response Team members, ATF Police and the NTSB were combing the street for evidence on Calvert Street, which is currently a crime scene.
Authorities also were scouring for debris on other blocks between Cottman Avenue and St. Vincent, which were taped off.
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