{"id":7522,"date":"2026-01-29T09:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=7522"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:39:57","slug":"%f0%9f%98%b1%f0%9f%98%ad-newly-surfaced-video-and-air-traffic-control-recordings-have-revealed-the-chilling-final-seconds-before-the-crash-the-victims-final-desperate-moments-seemed-to-merg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=7522","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude2d Newly surfaced video and air traffic control recordings have revealed the chilling final seconds before the crash. The victims\u2019 final, desperate moments seemed to merge into a single catastrophic sound \u2014 one so harrowing it leaves listeners on the verge of tears.  Just moments after takeoff clearance, a voice inside the control tower cut through the silence: \u201cAircraft upside down.\u201d No extended mayday call. No cries for help transmitted. Only the instant a Bombardier Challenger 650 overturned and erupted into flames on the runway, on a snow-covered winter night.  As the victims\u2019 identities continue to emerge, that brief recording has become the most disturbing detail of all \u2014 the last confirmation that everyone on board was still alive, just seconds before everything went dark. \ud83d\udc49 Victim identities, the full video, and newly uncovered details \u2014 WATCH FULL VIDEO BELOW.\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-image page-header-image-single grid-container grid-parent\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/litaupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/N1-21.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litaupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/N1-21.jpg 650w, https:\/\/litaupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/N1-21-300x162.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"article__headline\">Multiple people dead after business jet linked to Houston law firm crashes in Maine<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.khou.com\/assets\/KHOU\/images\/833c6112-13f1-4348-98ff-c3e65217cb08\/20260127T041624\/833c6112-13f1-4348-98ff-c3e65217cb08_1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"NTSB investigating deadly crash involving private jet linked to Houston law  firm\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__summary\">The plane, which is registered to an LLC in Houston, reportedly crashed shortly after takeoff.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__lead-asset\">\n<div class=\"video video_docked_true\" data-module=\"video\" data-stream-restriction-enabled=\"false\" data-restricted-stream=\"false\" data-stream=\"https:\/\/assets.tegnaone.com\/assets\/KHOU\/videos\/ef9432e6-f051-470e-8bd0-2440a55ea880\/20260127T041716\/master.m3u8\" data-float=\"true\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/media.khou.com\/assets\/KHOU\/images\/833c6112-13f1-4348-98ff-c3e65217cb08\/20260127T041624\/833c6112-13f1-4348-98ff-c3e65217cb08_1920x1080.jpg\" data-title=\"NTSB investigating deadly crash involving private jet linked to Houston law firm\" data-description=\"At this point, we don\u2019t know who was on the plane, but the registered owner returns to a Houston address shared with the law firm Arnold &amp; 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The flight originated from Hobby Airport in Houston, according to flight records. It was on its way to an airport near Paris, France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>At a news conference Monday morning, Bangor airport director Jose Saavedra didn\u2019t give specifics of the people on board the flight, but according to an FAA report, seven people were killed and one person was injured. Later Monday morning, the airport issued a release saying that there six people onboard, and all six were dead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/plane-crash-victims-identified.jpg\" alt=\"Texas attorney's wife among victims of deadly private jet crash in Maine |  Fox News\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>At this point, we don\u2019t know who was on the plane, but the registered owner returns to a Houston address shared with the law firm Arnold &amp; Itkin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The crash happened as much of the Northeast was dealing with dangerous winter weather. Snow was falling in Bangor at the time, with temperatures hovering near 2 degrees. According to a local meteorologist, visibility was limited to less than a mile when the crash occurred. However, it remains unclear whether weather conditions played a role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_embed\">\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHftjJqs5T4?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>During Monday\u2019s news conference, Saavedra said first responders were on the scene in under a minute, and it remains an active scene. The airport was open at the time of the crash, but remains closed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the Maine National Guard initial response with their fire and rescue vehicles, the Bangor Fire Department and approximately 10 other municipalities responded to the scene,\u201d Saavedra said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Aviation expert Jeff Girgle said to have patience as details are sorted.<br id=\"isPasted\" \/>\u201cThe FAA and the NTSB, they know what they\u2019re doing. They\u2019re well-versed and well-educated on putting together crime scenes of this nature. And when I say crime scenes, like, that just goes back to my law enforcement background, but any accident scene, um. And they\u2019ll, they\u2019ll take their time,\u201d Girgle said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Aviation litigation experts say investigators will also rely heavily on data from the plane\u2019s black box.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u00a0\u201cData recorders are huge sources of information communication or data about the plane and machinery and what altitude when things started to go wrong,\u201d Attorney Pablo Rojas said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u00a0One major clue, he says, is how the aircraft crashed upside down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cA lot of aircraft can\u2019t fly upside down or at high angles, let alone over\u2026that is a clue that something went terribly wrong,\u201d Rojas said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_embed\">\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JbEeB6NnDJk?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Saavedra said more details would be provided as they became available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<h2>Federal investigation begins<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. The NTSB said preliminary information shows the plane crashed upon departure and experienced a post-crash fire, but that it would have no further statement until after investigators arrive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The NTSB said it has no role in the release of information about victims and that such information is handled by local authorities. But Saavedra refused to comment, saying at a news conference Monday that he was \u201cawaiting guidance and support from federal partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>An audio recording of air traffic controllers includes someone saying \u201cAircraft upside down. We have a passenger aircraft upside down,\u201d about 45 seconds after a plane was cleared for takeoff. First responders arrived less than a minute later, Saavedra said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Bangor International Airport offers direct flights to cities like Orlando, Florida, Washington, D.C., and Charlotte, North Carolina, and is located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Boston. It was closed shortly after the crash and will remain closed until at least noon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_embed\">\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XFa_e2ew7Mo?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<h2>About the aircraft<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The Bombardier Challenger 600 is a wide-bodied business jet configured for nine to 11 passengers. It was launched in 1980 as the first private jet with a \u201cwalk-about cabin\u201d and remains a popular charter option, according to aircharterservice.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple people dead after business jet linked to Houston law firm crashes in Maine The plane, which is registered to an LLC in Houston, reportedly crashed shortly&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7524,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7522\/revisions\/7524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}