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Authorities confirm identities of 4 of 6 people killed in plane crash at Bangor International Airport

This image taken from video provided by WABI television, emergency services work on a scene of the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash at the Bangor Airport in Maine, late Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (WABI via AP) Photo: Associated Press


Police have identified four of the six people killed in a plane crash at the Bangor Airport last month.

Bangor police said the medical examiner’s office identified four of the victims as Tara Arnold, Jordan Reidel and Jacob Hosmer, all from Texas, along with Shelby Kuyawa of Hawaii.

The medical examiner’s office is still working to confirm the identities of the other two people on board.

Some of the victims had already been identified by family members.

Federal investigators are looking into what caused the private jet to crash while trying to take off during a snowstorm, ending up upside down and on fire.

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