Updated 3:50 p.m. EDT

(Bloomberg) -- The FBI has taken over the probe into a deadly plane crash near the Hartford-Brainard Airport in Connecticut after investigators determined it appeared to be deliberate, rather than the result of an accident.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement Wednesday that its “initial investigation of Tuesday’s aircraft crash in East Hartford, Connecticut, indicates the crash is the result of an intentional act.” The NTSB hands oversight of crash investigations over to the FBI when there is a possible criminal or terrorist act involved.

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