Trump were seen at the department of justice. Also, the mysterious sonic boom heard around washington, what we know about the investigation into the scrambling of f16 fighter jets after a private plane was flying off course and into protected air space above the capitol. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. I want to start in washington with the latest on that plane crash and nbcs tom costello. Tom, whats happening right now . Reporter investigators are now on the scene. Ntsb investigators are on the scene of this remote plane crash in virginia. In a very thick, wooded forest. There is nothing left of this private plane, a Citation Cessna that went down midday yesterday. You can see the charred remains. Investigators say it literally is decimated there on the ground. Its so remote it takes hours to hike in. This will not be a quick or a fast or an easy investigation. This all started, of course, with a flight that seemed to be really confusing. The fligh
trump were seen at the department of justice. also, the mysterious sonic boom heard around washington, what we know about the investigation into the scrambling of f-16 fighter jets after a private plane was flying off course and into protected air space above the capitol. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to start in washington with the latest on that plane crash and nbc s tom costello. tom, what s happening right now? reporter: investigators are now on the scene. ntsb investigators are on the scene of this remote plane crash in virginia. in a very thick, wooded forest. there is nothing left of this private plane, a citation cessna that went down midday yesterday. you can see the charred remains. investigators say it literally is decimated there on the ground. it s so remote it takes hours to hike in. this will not be a quick or a fast or an easy investigation. this all started, of course, with a flight that seemed to be really
gulf legend payne stewart was on board a plane with five other people and that plane suffered a sudden air pressure, cabin depressurization. there was no probable no air pressure inside that cabin. as a result, everybody on board was incapacitated, including the crew. the plane flew and flew and flew and finally ran out of gas, similar to this plane and crashed in south dakota. so now they have to rye to pick together the pieces to see if they can determine if that was truly what happened or if there was some sort of a medical emergency. chris, all indications are at this hour that that pilot on board this plane sunday literally flew 300 miles or so and most of that journey was without radio communication, with controllers. it s quite possible the auto pilot simply turned the plane back to its original point of origin, i should say, and it crashed before it could get there. tragic indeed. tom costello, thank you so much.
really confusing. the flight, a private plane, left tennessee. that happened midday yesterday, about 1:13 yesterday. headed for long island new york and suddenly unexpected did that u-turn nobody can quite explain. there s a theory by the way. came back towards d.c. air space. as it was coming into d.c. air space, fighter jets were scrambled because, of course, this is restricted air space. f-16 fighter jets intercepted the plane, radioed the plane, but that pilot on board the private plane had not been communicating with controllers for hours. they had actually cleared other planes around the private plane. and then the fighter jets radioed the pilot, no response and then they looked in the cockpit and could see he was incapacitated, slumped over the controls. and then they followed the plane as it went on into virginia and crashed into that mountain side. the predominant theory right now, according to aviation experts is that we re looking at something similar to what happened back i
trump were seen at the department of justice. also, the mysterious sonic boom heard around washington, what we know about the investigation into the scrambling of f-16 fighter jets after a private plane was flying off course and into protected air space above the capitol. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to start in washington with the latest on that plane crash and nbc s tom costello. tom, what s happening right now? reporter: investigators are now on the scene. ntsb investigators are on the scene of this remote plane crash in virginia. in a very thick, wooded forest. there is nothing left of this private plane, a citation cessna that went down midday yesterday. you can see the charred remains. investigators say it literally is decimated there on the ground. it s so remote it takes hours to hike in. this will not be a quick or a fast or an easy investigation. this all started, of course, with a flight that seemed to be