AUGUSTA, Maine—A medical examiner’s office in Maine says it will be several days before positive identification is made on the two people killed in a plane crash late Friday.
Authorities say the two are believed to be telecommunications pioneer Jeanette Symons of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 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 a police crime lab in Augusta, Maine 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.
