National Transportation Safety Board investigators are set to begin their work Monday at the Southwest Virginia scene of a private jet crash linked to the sonic boom.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators are set to begin their work Monday at the rural Southwest Virginia scene of a privateThe Cessna Citation had departed from a small airport Sunday in Tennessee and was bound for Long Island, but it turned around after reaching New York and flew over the District. Military F-16s were scrambled from Joint Base Andrews, along with other military aircraft.
The board is expected to release a preliminary report in about three weeks, summarizing facts that investigators have gathered. A final report including a formal cause is likely to take at least a year. Rocket, a rescue dog, was startled by a loud boom in Fairfax Station, Va., on June 4. The sound was caused by fighter jets scrambling to intercept a plane.
A spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command said two jets “inspected” the Cessna, which was intercepted about 3:20 p.m. The pilot was unresponsive and crashed near the George Washington National Forest in Virginia, officials said. The military did not shoot down the plane and there is no indication the interception caused the crash.
Federal Aviation Administration records list the plane that crashed as being registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne, a Florida-based company. Reached by phone Sunday, John Rumpel said he was the owner of Encore. He said family members were on board, including his daughter, a grandchild and her nanny.The sonic boom startled residents in the Washington region Sunday afternoon, heard from Springfield, Va., to Bowie, Md., according to social media reports.
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