Health · 8 killedPhilly Medevac Jet Plunged in Under a Minute, Killing 8 — New Video Shows DiveAired August 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Newly released video shows how quickly a0:02Philadelphia Medevac flight ended. A0:04Learjet that crashed last [music] year0:06in 2025 plunged less than a minute after0:08taking off from Northeast Philadelphia,0:10killing eight people. The jet climbed to0:12about 1,600 [music] ft and then pitched0:15into a steep dive at about 275 mph. The0:18entire [music] sequence from takeoff to0:20crash lasted less than a minute. The0:22newly released footage captures [music]0:23the rapid climb and the immediate loss0:25of control that followed, making the0:27sudden end of the Medevac flight visible0:28for the first time. [music] Eight people0:30were killed in the crash, a total that0:32includes those on board the Medevac0:34flight and the toll on the ground.0:36Investigators still do not know why the0:38jet dived after that brief ascent.0:39[music]0:40A critical gap deepens the mystery. The0:42cockpit voice recorder had not0:44functioned for years, [music]0:45leaving no audio of the crew's final0:47seconds. With the cause still listed as0:49unknown and no cockpit [music] audio to0:51review, the National Transportation0:53Safety Board is working through0:54wreckage, video, and data with a final0:56[music] report that could take up to 20:58years. Until that work is complete,1:00families and the Medevac community are1:02left without answers about why [music] a1:04jet that had just reached 1,600 ft1:06suddenly reversed into a 275 mph dive1:10less than a minute after leaving1:11Northeast Philadelphia.1:13Like and follow for more stories that1:15matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗