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Pilot and passenger killed in Maine crash that took off from NJ identified

Christina Chung was a passenger and Michael Leibowitz was the pilot.

News 12 Staff

Jul 29, 2024, 8:07 PM

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The pilot and passenger killed in a single-engine plane crash that took off from Morris County and crashed in Maine have been identified.

Christina Chung, 57, of Livingston and Michael Leibowitz, 71, of Charleston, South Carolina died when the plane was engulfed in flames upon landing.

Chung was a passenger and Leibowitz was the pilot, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.

The National Transportation Safety Board is helping the Federal Aviation Administration in its investigation of the incident.

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