Seven people were killed and one person was seriously injured in Sunday’s crash of a private jet in Bangor, Maine, according to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The jet crashed during takeoff Sunday evening.
The report indicates the person injured was a crew member onboard.
Emergency crews responded to an incident around 7:45 p.m., Bangor International Airport told CNN.
The FAA report says the aircraft “crashed under unknown circumstances on departure, came to rest inverted, and caught fire.”
Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
The airport will remain closed until at least 12 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post from the airport.
The plane is a Bombardier Challenger 650 business jet and is registered to a limited liability corporation in Houston, according to federal records.
The crash happened as a massive snowstorm tore through the Northeast. Temperatures were well below freezing in Maine, with light snow causing very low visibility.
Minutes before the crash, controllers and pilots at Bangor airport can be heard talking about low visibility and deicing, though it is not immediately clear who is talking to whom, according to audio obtained from LiveATC.net.
A controller clears the pilot for takeoff on Bangor’s Runway 33.
Nearly two minutes later, a controller loudly radios: “All traffic is stopped on the field! All traffic is stopped on the field!”
Moments later, another controller is heard saying, “Aircraft upside down. We have a passenger aircraft upside down.”
The airport is then closed, and emergency vehicles are allowed to drive on the airfield.
NTSB investigators plan to travel to Bangor but due to the weather, it is difficult to predict when that will be, a spokesperson told CNN Monday morning. However, Jose Saavedra, the Bangor airport director, told reporters at a news conference Monday the NTSB said they “expect to have a team of investigators on site” later in the afternoon.
The airport did not provide further detail on the incident, citing the need to wait for investigators to arrive.
The agency is asking anyone who has surveillance video or information about the incident to contact the NTSB at [email protected].
This story has been updated with additional information.
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