The families of two Mexican nationals who died in the Northeast Philadelphia plane crash in January have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the jet company Monday.

The lawsuit filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas was brought by the estates of Raul Meza Arredondo and Lizeth Murillo Osuna — two of the six Mexican citizens killed in the crash. A total of eight people died, and more than 20 people were injured after the plane, a Learjet 55, crashed at Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue in a densely populated Northeast Philly neighborhood.

The lawsuit accuses the jet company, Med Jets, of negligence and says the owner failed to make sure the plane was safe to fly.

"Today's filing is an important step on behalf of the victims of this tragedy to hold those respo

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