An event planner, an attorney wife of a top Texas law firm partner and a pilot who had recently joined the company were the first three people identified among the six killed after a private jet flipped over and burst into flames just after taking off at Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday (January 25), the New York Post reports.
Tara Arnold, 46, of Houston, the lawyer wife of Kurt Arnold of the personal injury firm Arnold & Itkin Law, where she also worked, was flying on a plane registered to the company en route to Paris at the time of the crash. Jacob Hosmer, 47, of Houston, was identified as the pilot killed in the crash, his father confirmed to KPRC2, and his LinkedIn page shows that he had worked as a pilot for Arnold & Itkin since May 2025.
Shawna Collins, an event planner, was also confirmed to have been among the passengers killed in the crash, her daughter confirmed to ABC 13, noting that the passengers were traveling to Europe for a business trip. Three other people reported to be onboard have not yet been publicly identified.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to USA TODAY that a Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed as it was taking off at around 7:45 p.m. local time on Sunday. The Bangor Police Department confirmed that a single aircraft departing the airport was involved in the incident and first responders were still at the scene as of 10:30 p.m. local time and “expected to be actively working the site for several more hours before any additional information is available.”
The Bangor Police Department confirmed that a single aircraft departing the airport was involved in the incident and first responders were still at the scene as of 10:30 p.m. local time on Sunday and “expected to be actively working the site for several more hours before any additional information is available.”
A source told CNN that the extent of injuries sustained by the eight passengers was not known at the time of the report. The airport was reported to have closed Sunday night after the crash took place.
A massive snowstorm had made its way through the Northeast at the time of the crash with temperatures significantly below freezing and light snow causing very low visibility in Maine. The plane was registered to a limited liability corporation in Houston, federal records confirmed.
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