The Hamptons Realtor killed alongside her toddler in a “ghost plane’’ crash was adopted at the age of 40 by notable Trump donors who said she reminded them of their daughter who had died in a tragic scuba diving accident almost 30 years ago.
Only minutes into a doomed journey, the pilot of a business jet wasn’t responding to air traffic control instructions and federal aviation officials say the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies. Despite being out of contact on its ascent Sunday, the jet that took off in Tennessee continued toward Long Island, then turned back toward Virginia, where it slammed into a mountain, killing four people. Family and friends identified two victims as an entrepreneur known in New York real-estate circles and her 2-year-old daughter. The plane's erratic flight path directly over the nation’s capital prompted the military to scramble fighter jets, causing a sonic boom heard in Washington, Maryland and Virginia.
John Rumpel said his daughter, 2-year-old granddaughter, her nanny and the pilot were on the flight that crashed in Virginia on Sunday after flying over restricted airspace in D.C.
The pilot of the business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, the fighter jet pilots reported, according to three US officials