AUGUSTA (AP) – The Maine medical examiner’s office says it’ll be several days before positive identification is made on the two people killed in Friday night’s plane crash in West Gardiner.
Authorities say the two are believed to be telecommunications pioneer Jeanette Symons of San Francisco and her 10-year-old son, Balan.
But the medical examiner released a statement Monday saying positive identification will have to be confirmed through DNA. That process at the state police crime lab in Augusta usually takes three to four days to complete.
The six-seat jet, which crashed shortly after takeoff during a storm, was registered to the 45-year-old Symons, an experienced pilot. Symons was co-founder of Ascend Communications, which was later purchased by Lucent.
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