The Scene on Cottman Avenue
City officials say the explosion of a small jet that crashed into Cottman Avenue Friday night destroyed four homes and seriously damaged six others, although precise locations of those residences were not provided. In total, 343 residential properties were “impacted” in some way, according to officials, who declined to offer a definition of that term. Six people on the plane died, and a man driving a vehicle near the the impact site was also killed. As of Monday afternoon, four people remain hospitalized, two in critical condition.
Fire damage
Burned cars
Injuries
A child in a car near Dunkin’ was struck in the head by debris from the plane. An officer reported another customer was burned from the explosion.
IMPACT
CRATER
A customer at Four Seasons Diner Restaurant, 1,500 feet away, was struck in the head by a plane fragment that burst through a window.
Photos show several homes on side streets near Cottman Avenue sustained extensive fire damage.
The roof caved in on a rowhouse on Calvert Street.
Source: 2022 aerial photo from Google Earth
John Duchneskie / Staff Artist
The Scene on Cottman Avenue
City officials say the explosion of a small jet that crashed into Cottman Avenue Friday night destroyed four homes and seriously damaged six others, although precise locations of those residences were not provided. In total, 343 residential properties were “impacted” in some way, according to officials, who declined to offer a definition of that term. Six people on the plane died, and a man driving a vehicle near the the impact site was also killed. As of Monday afternoon, four people remain hospitalized, two in critical condition.
Fire damage
Burned cars
Injuries
A child in a car near Dunkin’ was struck in the head by debris from the plane. An officer reported another customer was burned from the explosion.
IMPACT
CRATER
Photos show several homes on side streets near Cottman Avenue sustained extensive fire damage.
The roof caved in on a rowhouse on Calvert Street.
Source: 2022 aerial photo from Google Earth
John Duchneskie / Staff Artist
