By David Shepardson
Jan 25 (Reuters) – A private jet with eight people aboard crashed on takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The fate of the eight people on the plane was not immediately known, and few official details were available, but a government official who was briefed on the incident told Reuters there was a significant fire after the crash.
The plane had arrived in Maine following a flight from Texas, the government official said.
The twin-engine turbo jet Bombardier Challenger 600 went down as it was taking off from the Bangor airport at about 7:45 p.m. (0045 GMT on Monday), the FAA said.
The FAA said it would investigate the crash in conjunction with the National Transportation Safety Board.
(Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru, David Shepardson in Washington, DC, Steve Gorman in Los Angeles and Suzanne McGee in Providence, Rhode Island; Editing by Christian Schmollinger, Sergio Non and Tom Hogue)
