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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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