A private jet crashed upside down shortly after taking off with eight passengers at an airport in Bangor, Maine.
The incident happened on Sunday evening amid a massive snowstorm hitting much of the north-east US and eastern Canada, with visibility very poor.
CNN reported the condition of the people who were on board the Bombardier Challenger 650 business jet is still not known.
In a statement, Bangor International Airport warned the public to stay away from the area.
Posted at 10.30pm on Sunday local time, it said: ‘First responders are still on scene and are expected to be actively working the site for several more hours before additional information is available.’
Audio from the airport obtained by CNN included a flight controller saying two minutes after the jet was cleared for takeoff: ‘All traffic is stopped on the field! All traffic is stopped on the field!’
Shortly afterwards, another controller says: ‘Aircraft upside down. We have a passenger aircraft upside down.’
Bangor is currently covered by a winter storm warning, with the US National Weather Service predicting snow building up to depths of between 10 and 16 inches (25 to 40cm).
Temperatures are not expected to reach above -5°C for the next week.
More than 11,000 flights either entering, exiting or within the US were cancelled yesterday.
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