Overview
- The estates of Raul Meza Arredondo and Lizeth Murillo Osuna filed a wrongful-death case in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas against Med Jets, which operates as Jet Rescue, along with unnamed parties tied to design, manufacture, maintenance and inspection.
- Plaintiffs allege negligence for failing to keep the Learjet 55 airworthy and reference an earlier fatal crash involving a Med Jets aircraft in Mexico.
- The Learjet crashed about a minute after takeoff on Jan. 31 near Roosevelt Mall, killing six on board and two people on the ground and injuring more than 20 others.
- The NTSB has reported that the cockpit voice recorder did not capture the flight and that no distress calls were made, with fire-damaged wreckage limiting evidence and the cause still undetermined.
- A Mexican insurer for Med Jets has asked a federal court to oversee distribution of limited funds under a $10 million policy, as dozens of claims grow and the city reports over $2.5 million in emergency-response costs.