BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A private plane carrying eight people crashed on takeoff Sunday night at Maine International Airport in Bangor, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed around 19:45 and the conditions on board were not known. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
The crash occurred as New England and much of the country grappled with a massive winter storm. Bangor experienced steady snow on Sunday along with many other parts of the country.
The airport issued a statement saying emergency crews were on the scene, which was closed after it described the accident as a single plane departing from the airport.
Bangor International Airport offers direct flights to cities such as Orlando, Florida, Washington, DC, and Charlotte, North Carolina, and is located about 200 miles (320 km) north of Boston.
All weekend wide storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the eastern half of the US, shutting down much air and road traffic and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the Southeast.
Commercial air travel was also severely disrupted across much of the US
About 12,000 flights were canceled and nearly 20,000 were delayed on Sunday, according to a flight tracker. flightaware.com. Airports in Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey were among those affected.
The Bombardier Challenger 600 is a wide-body business jet configured for nine to 11 passengers. According to aircharterservice.com, it was launched in 1980 as the first private jet with a “walk-up cabin” and remains a popular charter aircraft.
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