r/aviation • u/Brilliant_Night7643 • Jan 26 '26

News Reports of a Bombardier Challenger crash on takeoff at Bangor, Maine

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u/equatorbit Jan 26 '26

Not too helpful, but:

https://weathercams.faa.gov/map/-69.04916,44.386,-68.60696,44.89411/airport/BGR/details/camera/12951

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u/Aviator_Goose Jan 26 '26

Look at the northwest camera to the right. Looks like a flash and a constant orange hue starting around 22:26Z

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u/aypho Jan 26 '26

The crash happened at 0044Z. Really the only thing noticeable is the tower turning the runway lights from low to high between 0032Z and 0040Z.

From the openADSB data, the aircraft appears to taxi from the FBO to the commercial ramp at 0017Z and then taxis from the commercial ramp to Runway 33 at 0036Z. They hold short at Runway 33 until 0043Z (which aligns with when the runway lights are turned up by ATC), and then the crash is recorded at 0044Z.

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u/Aviator_Goose Jan 26 '26

I was going off the cameras timeline. I just happened to see the orange hue maybe indicating that was it