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The North American Aerospace Defense Command later said in a statement that the military aircraft were authorized to travel at supersonic speeds, which caused a sonic boom that was heard in Washington and parts of Virginia and Maryland. Two F-16 aircraft out of New Jersey and two from South Carolina also responded to the incident.įlight tracking sites showed the plane suffered a rapid spiraling descent, dropping at one point at a rate of more than 30,000 feet per minute before crashing in the St. Two aircraft from the 113th Fighter Wing, out of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, were the first to reach the Cessna to begin attempts to contact the pilot. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the military operation and spoke on condition of anonymity.Īccording to the Pentagon, six F-16 fighter jets were immediately deployed to intercept the plane. official confirmed to The Associated Press that military aircraft had scrambled to respond to the small plane.

The plane flew directly over the nation's capital, though it was technically flying above some of the most heavily restricted airspace in the nation.Ī U.S. It was not immediately clear why the plane and pilot did not respond to radio transmissions, why it crashed or how many people were on board. before it crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Virginia, around 3:30 p.m. Inexplicably, the plane turned around over New York’s Long Island and flew a straight path down over D.C. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna Citation took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee, on Sunday and was headed for Long Island’s MacArthur Airport.

Hours later, police said rescuers had reached the site of the plane crash in a rural part of the Shenandoah Valley and that no survivors were found. The fighter jets caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region. WASHINGTON (AP) - A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble fighter jets before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said.