The plane crashed during takeoff as a snowstorm hit the area.

A private aircraft carrying eight people crashed during take-off at Bangor International Airport in the US state of Maine on Sunday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Throughout the weekend, the vast storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the eastern half of the U.S., halting much air and road traffic and knocking out power to hundreds of thousan...