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Was Bangor International Airport’s runway built to handle B-52 bombers? | Fact brief

by J. Craig Anderson Maine Trust for Local News June 15, 2026June 15, 2026

The runway, at what was then the Dow Air Force Base, was the longest east of the Mississippi when it was built in the ’50s.

Locals can register to attend as the vice president speaks from Bangor International Airport.

The late-January crash was Maine’s deadliest in decades, killing all 6 onboard.

Earlier in the week, police identified 2 of the other passengers and both pilots.

Three of the people identified were from Texas; one was from Hawaii. Officials are working to positively identify the remaining two victims.

A snowstorm delayed the investigation into Maine’s deadliest passenger plane crash in decades.

The runway had been closed since Sunday night following Maine’s deadliest passenger plane crash in decades.

Federal investigators are in communication with families impacted by the Sunday crash that killed 6 people, the Bangor airport director said.

Federal crews reached the scene Tuesday, and officials have not formally identified any victims.

A private jet crashed as it was taking off during a snowstorm Sunday.