Private jet crashes in flames at Maine airport with 8 aboard
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The authorities gave no immediate indication that weather had played a role in the accident.
MAINE – A private jet crashed in flames as it was taking off from a Maine airport with eight people aboard, the US aviation regulator said, but their fate and identities were not immediately known.
The crash of the twin-engine turbo-fan jet Bombardier Challenger 600 at Bangor International Airport happened at about 7.45pm local time on Jan 25 (8.45am Singapore time on Jan 26), said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a statement, adding that it planned to investigate.
Few details were available, but a government official briefed on the matter told Reuters there was a significant fire after the crash.
Light snow had started falling at the airport before the crash, weather reports showed, but the authorities gave no immediate indication that weather had played a role in the accident.
A winter storm warning covered most of Maine, including Bangor, the state’s third-largest city.
The plane had arrived in Maine from Texas, the government official said. The company listed as its registered owner shares a Houston address with Arnold & Itkin, a personal injury law firm.
FAA records show the aircraft went into service in April 2020.
The FAA said it would investigate the crash in conjunction with the National Transportation Safety Board. REUTERS
