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The US army has made the decision not to release the name of one of the three soldiers killed in the collision. Meanwhile, a medical transport plane has crashed in Philadelphia, killing six people including a child who was receiving treatment for a life-threatening condition. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player.

Aviation experts offer their insight into the most dangerous points of a flight and the safest part of the plane - and look at whether a high-profile string of plane crashes should put people off flying. A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed in Philadelphia shortly after taking off on Friday evening.

The child had been treated in Philadelphia for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home to Mexico, according to Shai Gold, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance spokesperson. Gold said this was a seasoned crew and that everyone involved in these flights goes through rigorous training. The medical transport jet crashed that crashed in Philadelphia was owned by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance.

At this time, we cannot confirm any survivors. No names are being released at this time until family members have been notified.

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The crash happened less than three miles from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, which primarily serves business jets and charter flights. Flight data showed a small jet taking off from the airport just after 6pm local time and disappearing from radar about 30 seconds later. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates air crashes, said it was gathering information about the incident.

A Federal Aviation Administration statement said: "There were reportedly six people on board. Investigators have announced that the black box from the army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial aeroplane has been recovered. They are reviewing the flight data recorder along with two from the plane as they probe the cause of the devastating crash.

Once we have that download we will not be releasing the information immediately," he says.