A young pilot with a baby daughter is the final victim of a horror private jet crash to be identified a week after the disaster that killed six people.

Jorden Reidel, 33, was co-piloting the plane with his captain Jacob Hosmer, 47, when it crashed in the snow during takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine.

The Bombardier Challenger 650 business jet veered to one side and rolled upside-down seconds after departure about 7.45pm on January 25.

Four passengers - top lawyer Tara Arnold, 46, chef Nick Mastrascusa, 43, wine expert Shelby Kuyawa, 34, and event planner Shawna Collins, 39 - were also killed.

The plane was owned by powerful law firm Arnold & Itkin, and was flying to Paris on a trip for Arnold and her husband Kurt's luxury travel venture.

New father and dedicated pilot 

Reidel, whose identity was not previously known, was formally identified on Tuesday by the Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

The pilot had been flying since 2011 and moved to Willis, Texas, outside Houston where Arnold & Itkin is headquartered, in 2020.

Reidel married his wife Jennifer in April 2022 and they had their first child, a girl, in August 2024 - shown in photos Jennifer posted online.

The pilot shared many photos of his jet-setting lifestyle including himself in the cockpit, relaxing on beaches and by hotel pools, and Houston Texans NFL games.

Jennifer, a HR worker at power infrastructure company Sabre Industries, called him her 'forever valentine' in her Facebook profile picture.

The couple met on December 27, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at a small, late-night bar called Fat Cats.

'Jennifer never liked to go to this bar but gave Jorden a look at what he instantly knew was going to be his future wife,' their wedding website retold.

Frozen runway tragedy 

They were married at the Emerald Grande at Harbor Walk Village in Destin, Florida, in a three-day wedding extravaganza.

Reidel and the other victims spent days entombed by snow and ice in the twisted and charred metal as crash investigators struggled to reach the the frozen runway.

Their bodies were finally extracted on Thursday and the medical examiner formally identified Kuyawa, Arnold, Hosmer, and Reidel on Tuesday.

All the victims except Reidel were already identified by family and friends. 

Northeast Maine was walloped by Winter Storm Fern along with 34 states across the US, making access to the site difficult.

Dramatic footage showed the burning wreckage of the plane upside down on the runway. 

Flight data showed it veered right during takeoff and flipped at 175mph. 

The cause of the crash is under investigation, amid fears that the jet may have overbalanced due to a buildup of ice on its wings. 

The plane was owned by powerful law firm Arnold & Itkin, and was flying to Paris on a trip for Arnold and her husband Kurt's luxury travel venture.

Arnold, 46, planned the trip as part of her new luxury travel company Beyond, a source close to the passengers told the Daily Mail.

The elite culinary team aboard the ill-fated flight 

Beyond provides invitation-only curated travel experiences for the extremely wealthy, including stays at five-star resorts and exotic culinary adventures.

It is unclear why the flight had to go ahead in such dangerous conditions, with that question likely to cause angst for the plane's owners in coming months.

Mastrascusa and Kuyawa joined Beyond after leaving Kukio Golf and Beach Club in Kamuela, described as Hawaii's most exclusive resort, late last year.

The Arnolds scooped them up to play key roles in the new venture with Mastrascusa appointed executive vice president of hospitality and charged with designing the culinary adventures that would set the company apart.

Arnold was a top commercial lawyer at her husband Kurt Arnold's law firm Arnold & Itkin, which she joined soon after it was founded in 2004.

Arnold was a top commercial lawyer at Arnold & Itkin, which she joined soon after it was founded in 2004. 

She and Kurt lived in an $11 million mansion in Houston with their two children, Jaxon and Isla.

Collins was a friend of Arnold and planned events for the firm through her company. Her social media pages includes numerous photos with Arnold and her husband. 

She was organizing her daughter Keaton Milburn's upcoming wedding after she got engaged to Brandon Dawkins, a sports marketing staffer at Adidas.

Collins was listed as the 'luxury event designer and experience curator' on Beyond's website and would be essential to scout the locations on the trip.

The removed page 

The plane left Houston earlier on Sunday, landing at 6.09pm and taking off at 7.44pm after refueling for its journey across the Atlantic for the foursome's trip to Paris.

Arnold & Itkin, to which the downed plane was registered, is known for defending undocumented migrants.

A page talking up the firm's expertise in aviation accident litigation was quietly removed from its website after the crash. 

Mastrascusa's sister Valeria appealed for donations to pay for his funeral and support his wife Natalia and their three children Analani, 14, Mateo, 10, and Noah 7.

'Nick touched the lives of so many in our community through his kindness, dedication, generosity and friendship,' she wrote.

'As we grieve this unimaginable loss, our hearts are with the Mastrascusa family and all who knew and loved Nick.'

One of Hosmer's friends also said he knew him for 15 years as an aviation specialist.

'I would describe him as a great pilot, a loving husband and a phenomenal father,' they. 'He was always kind. He was always laughing.' 

Hosmer's LinkedIn profile lists Arnold & Itkin LLP as his employer since May 2025. 

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Theory on why Bangor private jet may have crashed, killing six at Bangor airport

A terrifying vulnerability in a private jet's wings is feared to be the cause of a horror plane crash on a snowy runway that killed six people. 

The Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 650 flipped during takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine about 7.45pm on Sunday and burst into flames. 

Top lawyer Tara Arnold, 46, chef Nick Mastrascusa, 43, wine expert Shelby Kuyawa, 34, event planner Shawna Collins, 39, and pilot Jacob Hosmer, 47, were all killed. 

The plane was owned by powerful law firm Arnold & Itkin, and was being flow to Paris for a location scouting trip for Arnold and her husband Kurt's luxury travel venture. 

Crash investigators have barely began sifting through the wreckage, where all six bodies are still frozen under snow, with only six so far on site.

But aviation experts believe the most likely culprit is a buildup of ice on at least one of the wings, causing the plane to stall and flip over. 

Two other Bombardier CL-600 series jets met the same fate in eerily similar crashes to Sunday night's disaster, along with several others overseas. 

Northeast Maine was walloped by Winter Storm Fern on Sunday along with 34 states across the US with snow and sleet falling and temperatures dropping to just 3F. 

Former National Transportation Safety Board crash investigator Jeff Guzzetti told the Daily Mail that the plane's wing design made it 'particularly susceptible' to ice contamination. 

The remove ice, aircraft are sprayed with a de-icing solution and then treated with an anti-ice spray to prevent it from forming before they take off. 

Airport logs showed the Challenger arrived from Houston at 6.09pm for refueling, and underwent de-icing at 7.17pm to 7.36pm, and took off at 7.44pm. 

However, with the temperature so low and the storm setting in, that may not have been enough. 

'There was a unique kind of precipitation, a kind of snow and sleet mix, in this storm that can make the anti-icing fluid less effective or not effective at all,' Guzzetti told the Daily Mail. 

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