UPS, NTSB and Plane Crash
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At least six people are dead after a private jet linked to a law firm crashed while taking off from an airport in northern Maine over the weekend, local, state and federal officials confirmed to USA TODAY.
An MD-11 cargo plane is the style plane that crashed into Louisville businesses, shortly after the left engine caught fire and detached. She did not link the retirement of MD-11s to the crash. "Over the next year or so, we will replace much of that capacity with new, more efficient, Boeing 767 aircraft," Tome added.
An aviation consultant said the Bombardier Challenger 600 is "very susceptible" to ice contamination in the upper wing.
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Private plane carrying 8 passengers crashes in Bangor, Maine, as Winter Storm Fern batters state
A private jet carrying eight people crashed while taking off from a Maine airport Sunday evening as heavy snowfall battered the region, according to authorities. The Bombardier Challenger 600 went down just after taking off from Bangor International Airport around 7:45 p.