ID Of NJ Woman Killed In Maine Plane Crash Released

A 57-year-old Essex County woman was one of two people killed in a plane crash in Maine on Thursday, July 25, authorities said.

Bar Harbor Fire Department (file photo).
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Sam Barron

07/26/2024 1:36 p.m.

Christina Chung, a Livingston resident, was identified as one of the victims after a small plane that took off from Morristown Municipal Airport before crashing and bursting into flames on the approach to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Maine around 12:25 p.m., the Maine Department of Public Safety said.

Michael Leibowitz, a 71-year-old Charleston, South Carolina, resident was the pilot killed in the crash.

Steve Heckman, Maine-based Trenton Volunteer Fire Chief said the plane crashed at the north end of the airport runway, where it erupted in flames. The Maine DEP responded for a fuel spill after the fire was placed under control.

Two people were killed after a small plane that took off from a North Jersey airport crashed and burst into flames in Maine on Thursday, July 25.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

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