Authorities have released their preliminary report about the Philadelphia plane crash that killed seven people in January.

The report, released Thursday, said the flight crew was in communication with the Northeast Philadelphia Airport’s air traffic control tower when they took off at 6:06 p.m. on Jan. 31. The Learjet 55 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report into the Northeast ...

And while the doomed Learjet 55 was in contact with an air traffic control tower, "there were no ... taken off at 6:06 p.m. from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, aka PNE. It had been expected ...

There was brief communication with the Philadelphia Northeast Airport control tower, but no signs of trouble over radio, the NTSB said. No distress calls were made by the pilot or copilot.

It’s unclear what caused the crash, but a recording from the airport tower suggests the pilot ... retirement community about 75 miles west of Philadelphia. A fire truck from the airport arrived ...