All six people aboard a private jet were killed in Maine on Sunday when the aircraft flipped upside down and crashed during take-off in heavy snow – with chilling audio capturing someone saying, “Let there be light” moments before the tragedy.
The victims were not immediately identified, but the doomed jet was registered to one of the founding partners of a major Texas personal-injury law firm, Arnold & Itkin.
Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin, the firm’s owners, are mega-donors to Texas Longhorns football — pledging a combined $40 million to the college program — and to local Republican causes, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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