residenced, a small aircraft crashed in rural virch virginia, lucas is live with more. reporter: it started with the loud sonic boom here. and felt as far as annapolis maryland, dc national guard, scrambling alert fighter jets, we received a statement from norad, i ll go through the highlights: a business jet. over washington dc, norad aircraft were authorized to tramp at supersonic speeds, the norad aircraft used flairs in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot, the civilian aircraft was intercepted approximately 3:20 p.m. eastern time, the pilot was up responsive. norad attempted to establish contact with the pilot until the aircraft crashed, no radio contact with the pilot, sounds he was unresponsive. the flight path that cessna citation business jet took off from a city in northeast, tennessee, and up to long island, it was supposed to land in islip before it turned and flew back on a southwesterly course. the f-16s were moving at supe supersonic speeds that is 761 m
residenced, a small aircraft crashed in rural virch virginia, lucas is live with more. reporter: it started with the loud sonic boom here. and felt as far as annapolis maryland, dc national guard, scrambling alert fighter jets, we received a statement from norad, i ll go through the highlights: a business jet. over washington dc, norad aircraft were authorized to tramp at supersonic speeds, the norad aircraft used flairs in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot, the civilian aircraft was intercepted approximately 3:20 p.m. eastern time, the pilot was up responsive. norad attempted to establish contact with the pilot until the aircraft crashed, no radio contact with the pilot, sounds he was unresponsive. the flight path that cessna citation business jet took off from a city in northeast, tennessee, and up to long island, it was supposed to land in islip before it turned and flew back on a southwesterly course. the f-16s were moving at supe supersonic speeds that is 761 m
responsible for protecting the airspace over washington dc . and they will be the quickest point of contact, wwe have excellent sources having been at pentagon for 15 years, i have great sources at no yard, th norad, my colleagues were working phone chad pergram on capitol hill, and lucas tomlinson at white house. and my producer liz she is excellent and had her own sources. i was then cross checking with norad, it was a fool tefull team effort, we have pieced together quickly what happened, and there is more details to come. all right, jennifer griffin thank you so much for being with us on this early sunday evening. appreciate your time. and if we learn any new information we ll bring it to you. all right, folks next.
responsible for protecting the airspace over washington dc . and they will be the quickest point of contact, wwe have excellent sources having been at pentagon for 15 years, i have great sources at no yard, th norad, my colleagues were working phone chad pergram on capitol hill, and lucas tomlinson at white house. and my producer liz she is excellent and had her own sources. i was then cross checking with norad, it was a fool tefull team effort, we have pieced together quickly what happened, and there is more details to come. all right, jennifer griffin thank you so much for being with us on this early sunday evening. appreciate your time. and if we learn any new information we ll bring it to you. all right, folks next.