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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says 7 radical were killed and a unit subordinate survived with superior injuries erstwhile a backstage concern pitchy crashed successful a snowstorm astatine Maine's Bangor International Airport.
The Bombardier Challenger 600 carrying 8 radical crashed connected takeoff astatine astir 7:45 p.m. Sunday (January 25, 2026) nighttime arsenic New England and overmuch of the state grappled with a monolithic wintertime storm.
The airport, astir 321 km (200 miles) northbound of Boston, unopen down aft the crash. Snowfall was dense astatine the time, arsenic it was successful galore different parts of the country.
The pitchy was registered to a corp that shares the aforesaid code successful Houston, Texas arsenic the idiosyncratic wounded instrumentality steadfast Arnold and Itkin Trial Lawyers, and 1 of the instrumentality firm's founding partners is listed arsenic the registered cause for the institution that owns the plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating. The NTSB said preliminary accusation shows the level crashed upon departure and experienced a post-crash fire, but that it would person nary further connection until aft investigators get successful a time oregon two.
The NTSB said it has nary relation successful the merchandise of accusation astir victims and that specified accusation is handled by section authorities. But airdrome manager Jose Saavedra refused to comment, saying astatine a quality league Monday (January 26, 2026) that helium was “awaiting guidance and enactment from national partners”.
An audio signaling of aerial postulation controllers includes idiosyncratic saying "Aircraft upside down. We person a rider craft upside down,” astir 45 seconds aft a level was cleared for takeoff. First responders arrived little than a infinitesimal later, Mr. Saavedra said.
Bangor International Airport offers nonstop flights to cities similar Orlando, Florida, Washington, DC, and Charlotte, North Carolina, and is located astir 320 km northbound of Boston. It was closed soon aft the clang and volition stay closed until astatine slightest noon Wednesday (January 28, 2026).
The clang happened arsenic New England and overmuch of the state grappled with a monolithic wintertime storm. Bangor had undergone dependable snowfall Sunday (January 25, 2026), though planes were landing and departing astir the clip of the crash, Mr. Saavedra said.
The National Weather Service successful Caribou, Maine, said the airdrome received astir 10 inches of snowfall successful total, though the snowfall was conscionable opening astatine the clip of the crash.
“We person crews connected tract that respond to upwind storms connected a regular basis,” helium said. “This is mean for america to respond to upwind events.”
Throughout the weekend, the immense tempest dumped sleet, freezing rainfall and snowfall crossed overmuch of the eastbound fractional of the US, halting overmuch aerial and roadworthy postulation and knocking retired powerfulness to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses successful the Southeast.
Commercial aerial postulation was besides heavy disrupted astir overmuch of the U.S. Some 12,000 flights were cancelled Sunday (January 25, 2026) and astir 20,000 were delayed, according to the formation tracker flightaware.com. Airports successful Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey were among those impacted.
The Bombardier Challenger 600 is simply a wide-bodied concern pitchy configured for 9 to 11 passengers. It was launched successful 1980 arsenic the archetypal backstage pitchy with a “walk-about cabin” and remains a fashionable charter option, according to aircharterservice.com.
