Investigators in Maine are trying to figure out what happened to cause the Sunday night crash of a large private plane registered to a Houston company.
Seven people were killed and one person injured when the corporate jet went down just after takeoff from the Bangor International Airport about 6:45 pm CT.
Names of the plane’s owners have not been released, but earlier reports indicated it belonged to a Houston law firm.
The plane was leaving the airport during what’s described as a “massive snowstorm event.”
The injured man is said to be a member of the plane’s crew, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s preliminary report on Monday.
The report said the plane landed upside down and caught fire shortly after becoming airborne, and is describes as a Bombardier Challenger 650 business jet
The treacherous weather is causing delays in getting an investigative team from the National Transportation Safety Board to the crash site.