A private airplane crash in Bangor, Maine, left all six passengers dead shortly after departing from Bangor International Airport on Sunday night.
In a Monday press release, Bangor International Airport announced that an “incident” involving a Bombardier CL600 aircraft that was departing from the airport was reported at roughly 7:45 p.m. on Sunday.
“According to the flight manifest there were six people on the flight. No one from the incident was transported to the hospital, and all on the flight are presumed to be deceased,” Bangor International Airport stated. “The identities of the people on the flight are not being released publicly at this time, pending positive identification.”
Monday’s press release confirmed that Bangor International Airport remained closed following Sunday’s airplane crash and that multiple flight diversions and cancellations were caused by the incident.
“An Emergency Operations Center remains active and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified and will be investigating,” the airport added. “The Federal Aviation Administration is on site. Additional updates will be provided as more information is available.”
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The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed on Monday that an investigation into the Bombardier CL600 aircraft crash remains ongoing. Based on preliminary information, the National Transportation Safety Board said the airplane “crashed upon departing Bangor International Airport and experienced a postcrash fire.”
“A team of NTSB investigators is currently assembling and is expected to arrive on scene shortly,” the National Transportation Safety Board said. “Once on site, the investigator will begin the process of documenting the scene and examining the aircraft. The aircraft will then be recovered to a secure facility for further evaluation.”
The Associated Press reported that the private airplane involved in Sunday’s crash was registered to a company that has the same address as Arnold & Itkin LLP, a Houston law firm that has a history of donating to Democrat causes.
Pictures shared on X, formerly Twitter, show the remains of the private Bombardier CL600 airplane following Sunday night’s crash.
According to The New York Post, Jeff Guzzetti, an aviation safety consultant, explained that the Bombardier Challenger 600 is known for having icing issues related to takeoff. The outlet noted that the private plane, which arrived at Bangor International Airport at 6:09 p.m., would have been exposed to snow and potential ice before departing from the airport on Sunday night.
“Given the weather conditions at the time and the history of wind contamination with this particular aircraft, I’m sure that’s something the NTSB is going to look into immediately,” Guzzetti stated. “If there was any kind of precipitation at all, freezing precipitation, they would have needed to clean off those wings before they took off.”