Six people were killed after a private plane crashed and caught fire at an airport in Maine over the weekend.
A Bombardier Challenger 600 went down during takeoff from Bangor International Airport (BIA) at around 7:45 p.m. local time on Sunday, Jan. 25, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which shared details in a statement on X.
The agency said all six people on board died — four passengers and two crew members — and there were no survivors. Officials had initially reported a different total, but later confirmed six fatalities.
The cause of the crash has not yet been determined. Authorities said the aircraft came to rest upside down and then caught fire.
The identities of those on board have not been publicly released. However, CBS affiliate KHOU and Reuters previously reported that the aircraft was registered to a Houston-based law firm and had flown into Maine from Texas.
Government officials told Reuters there was a “significant fire after the crash.”
The incident happened as snow began falling at the airport amid poor weather conditions in the area, Reuters and KHOU reported. It was not immediately clear whether weather contributed to the crash. KHOU also reported that at the time of the incident, visibility was at least a mile and the runway had full visibility.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
Winter weather warnings were issued in Maine after storms swept across the region over the weekend, creating “hazardous” travel conditions, according to local station WABI. The warnings were expected to continue through Tuesday, Jan. 27.
