US EditionNo survivors found after plane that sparked fighter jet chase over D.C. crashes in Virginia
- A Cessna Citation jet carrying four people, including a toddler, crashed in mountainous terrain in southwest Virginia after flying through restricted airspace and prompting F-16 fighter jets to pursue it at supersonic speeds. The pilot was unresponsive and no survivors were found at the crash site.
- The plane was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne Inc., a company based in Florida, and was headed to Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tenn. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident.
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NRA Exec, Trump Donor Says Daughter and Granddaughter Died in Plane Crash that Sparked DC Sonic Boom - Tennessee Star
An NRA executive and major Republican donor said her daughter and granddaughter were killed alongside the 2-year-old girl's nanny and the pilot of a private Cessna plane that crashed in Virginia and sparked a sonic boom from responding military jets. "My family is gone, my daughter and granddaughter," Barbara Rumpel posted on Facebook Sunday evening. The article NRA Exec, Trump Donor Says Daughter and Granddaughter Died in Plane Crash that Spar…
Plane destroyed after flying over DC, crashing in rural Virginia, leaving 4 dead
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 two U.S. officials briefed on the matter. The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the military operation and spoke on condition of anonymity. Authorities say four people were killed in the crash in a remote part of Virginia Sunday.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE…
Plane destroyed after flying over DC, crashing in rural Virginia, leaving 4 dead
Federal investigators trudged through rugged terrain Monday in search of wreckage from a business jet to solve the mystery of why the plane veered off course and slammed into a mountain, killing four people.
No survivors were found after the plane that flew over DC and crashed in Virginia
Un avión de negocios que voló sobre la capital de la nación el domingo por la tarde provocó que el ejército detuviera aviones de combate antes de que el avión se estrellara en Virginia, dijeron las autoridades. Los aviones de combate provocaron un fuerte estallido sónico que se escuchó en toda la región de la capital. Horas más tarde, la policía dijo que los rescatistas habían llegado al lugar del accidente aéreo en una zona rural del Valle de S…
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