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Who were Michael Leibowitz and Christina Chung? Victims of Bar Harbor Plane Crash

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Two people died after a single-engine plane crashed near Bar Harbor, Maine, on Thursday.

The duo were identified Friday by Maine State Police as 71-year-old Michael Leibowitz, of Charleston, South Carolina, and the passenger was 57-year-old Christina Chung, of Livingston, New Jersey.

Leibowitz was the pilot and Chung was a passenger on the plane which was flying from New Jersey to Bar Harbor.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the plane crashed on approach to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport at about 12:25 p.m. on Thursday.

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It had taken off earlier from Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey.

The crash happened at the end of a runway and resulted in a fire.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

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