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The wreckage of a private plane that crashed on Jan. 25 sits covered in snow at the Bangor International Airport on a late-January afternoon. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)

The Bangor International Airport reopened shortly before noon Thursday, days after a fatal plane crash forced its runway to shut down.

“Airport operations have resumed and airlines are working to get passengers to their destinations,” airport officials wrote in a Facebook post.

The runway had been closed since Sunday night following Maine’s deadliest passenger plane crash in decades. All six aboard the private plane, which inverted and caught fire while attempting to take off during a snowstorm, are presumed dead, but officials have not confirmed the identities of any aboard.

The Office of the Chief Medical examiner confirmed Thursday morning that it had transported all the bodies from the site.

“We are actively attempting to confirm identities and hope to have more information by the end of this week,” spokesperson Lindsey Chasteen said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is leading an investigation into the crash and said Wednesday that it was working to move the plane to a secure site for further analysis. A preliminary, fact-finding report is expected within 30 days of the crash, but a final report including probable cause will not be released for 12-24 months, the board has said.

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