MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Saturday the death of six Mexicans aboard a plane that crashed Friday evening in northeastern Philadelphia, the United States.
The Mexican president lamented the death of her compatriots and announced that the consular authorities are "in permanent contact with the family members."
"I have asked the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs to support everything required. My solidarity with the loved ones and friends," she said on the social media platform X.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company operating the plane, confirmed that the aircraft was carrying four crew members, a pediatric patient who had just finished treatment in Philadelphia, and the patient's escort.
The crash came just two days after a deadly collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., which claimed 67 lives. ■