8 hours ago
3
Fifteen radical were taken to a infirmary erstwhile a skydiving craft went disconnected a runway and crashed successful the woods adjacent an airdrome successful confederate New Jersey connected Wednesday (July 2, 2025) evening, according to authorities.
The incidental astatine the Cross Keys Airport, astir 21 miles (34 kilometers) southeast of Philadelphia, progressive a Cessna 208B carrying 15 people, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson, who said it is nether investigation.
Aerial footage of the crashed level shows it successful the woods, with respective pieces of debris nearby. Firetrucks and different exigency vehicles surrounded the scene.
Three radical are being evaluated astatine Cooper University Hospital's trauma halfway successful Camden, New Jersey, and 8 radical with little terrible injuries are being treated successful its exigency department, Wendy A. Marano, a spokesperson for the hospital, said. Four different patients besides with “minimal injuries” are waiting for further evaluation, she said. She wasn’t capable to supply the nonstop quality of the injuries.
Members of the hospital's EMS and trauma section were astatine the clang site, she said.
A idiosyncratic who answered the telephone astatine Cross Keys Airport connected Wednesday said helium had nary accusation and referred questions to Skydive Cross Keys, a commercialized skydiving concern astatine the airport. Skydive Cross Keys didn't instantly respond to an email from The Associated Press requesting comment.
The National Transportation Safety Board said successful a station connected the societal level X that it is investigating the crash.
Gloucester County Emergency Management warned the nationalist connected its Facebook leafage to debar the country successful bid to fto exigency vehicles entree the site.
Gov. Phil Murphy said connected X that helium had been briefed connected the clang and that determination had been “no fatalities astatine this time.”
English (US) ·