The boom was heard on Sunday after the US military dispatched six fighter jets to intercept an unresponsive business plane flying over restricted airspace
No survivors were found at the crash site of a plane whose pilot was unresponsive as it flew near the Washington, DC, area Sunday, prompting military fighter jets to attempt to intercept the aircraft before it ultimately crashed, authorities say.
nation s capital. the pilot of a private jet is unresponsive and now the ntsb is investigating after that plane crashed in virginia. at least 275 people killed, more than a thousand others are injured after 20 train cars dreidel during a collision in india. ahead, the latest on the search and rescue efforts there. in a few hours, tech giant apple expected to make a major announcement. what new future is coming to your phone, your home, your eyeballs. this is cnn news central. today, officials with the ntsb are on the ground in stanton, virginia, investigating what led to a private plane crash. a plane that just before the crash was intercepted by u.s. fighter jets for violating restricted air space over washington, d.c. the plane was a cessna 560 citation, similar to what you re looking at here.
aircraft was unresponsive as the f-16 fighter jets attempted to make contact. at one point, according to the statement, the f-16s used flares in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot. the cessna 560 citation five traveling five miles off course going off radar at 3:23 p.m. and ultimately crashing in a rural mountainous terrain near george washington national forest near charlottesville, virginia. late sunday, according to a statement from virginia state police, first responders reached the crash site by foot but found in survivors. now according to faa records that, private jet was registered to a company called encore motors out of melbourne, florida. they told the washington post that the family members of theirs were onboard that plane including their daughter, a grandchild, and her nanny. they told the new york times that the family was returning to their home in east hampton, new