{"id":2967,"date":"2026-01-26T08:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:47:27","slug":"jet-crashes-at-us-airport-amid-brutal-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2967","title":{"rendered":"Jet crashes at US airport amid brutal snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-plane-was-carrying-eight-people\">The plane was carrying eight people <\/h2>\n<p>A jet has crashed at an airport in the US as a large area of the country endures a brutal snowstorm.<\/p>\n<p>The private aircraft was carrying eight people and crashed while attempting to take off from Bangor International Airport in the state of Maine last night.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The incident is reported to have happened on Sunday evening at around 19:45 local time (00:45 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft has been confirmed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as being a Bombardier Challenger 600, a popular type of private jet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed as it was taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine around 7:45 p.m local time on Sunday, Jan. 25. Eight people were on board. The FAA and NTSB will investigate.<\/p>\n<p>This information is preliminary and subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The FAA \u2708\ufe0f (@FAANews) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAANews\/status\/2015613255872381071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a statement on X, the FAA wrote: \u201cA Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed as it was taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine around 7:45 p.m local time on Sunday, Jan. 25. Eight people were on board. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FAA and NTSB will investigate. <em>This information is preliminary and subject to change.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Flightradar24 also shared a post showing the aircraft\u2019s tracking data.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>It reported that the plane had been intending to take off from Bangor after arriving from Houston, TX.<\/p>\n<p>Bangor International Airport also released a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Facebook, the account for the airport wrote: \u201cAn incident at the airport is under investigation. First responders are on scene and assessing the situation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease avoid the airport at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FFlyBGR%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0rBQD2AouSxj6HqUe8AKe1rSZKmUmgEkXxNHeDjAqPfzRhBuPFAsJoaavjLVmCz1Cl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"510\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A press release from the airport later followed.<\/p>\n<p>It read: \u201cEmergency crews are responding to an incident involving an aircraft at Bangor International Airport that occurred at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe airport is closed and we ask that the public avoid the area. There have been flight cancellations and passengers are encouraged to contact their airlines for information regarding impacts to their travel plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt approximately 7:45 p.m. there was an incident involving a single aircraft that was departing from BGR. First responders are still on scene and are expected to be actively working the site for several more hours before any additional information is available.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> | NEWS \u26a0\ufe0f<br \/>Active event, private jet has veered off the runway and crashed at the Bangor international airport in Maine <br \/>(<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/N10KJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#N10KJ<\/a>) Bombardier challenger 650 departed from<br \/>Houston airport headed towards Maine. You can see the plane veering off the runway and crashing\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UnwGEkF6Pj\">pic.twitter.com\/UnwGEkF6Pj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Paron\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udfa7\ud83d\udc7d (@tparon) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tparon\/status\/2015603179665145940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAn Emergency Operation Center has been established and we are unable to provide any additional information at this time but will send another email update by 8 a.m. Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes following a brutal snowstorm that has battered much of the eastern half of the United States with sleet, freezing rain and snow.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of flights have been cancelled across the East Coast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In total today, airlines have canceled nearly 12,000 flights in the United States and more than two dozen airports are closed entirely. <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s cancellations: <br \/>American 3874   <br \/>Delta 2367   <br \/>United 1964   <br \/>Southwest 1339   <br \/>JetBlue 592 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SFLX2736ls\">pic.twitter.com\/SFLX2736ls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flightradar24\/status\/2015546810983432472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Flightradar24 reported that 12,000 flights had been cancelled yesterday alone, with over 24 airports completely shut for service.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Bottom ad unit --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Custom pseudo content\/category -->\n            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>#Jet #crashes #airport #brutal #snowstorm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plane was carrying eight people A jet has crashed at an airport in the US as a large area of the country endures a brutal snowstorm. 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