Four people were on board the Cessna Citation, a source familiar with the matter says.
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace in the Washington, DC area and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia, officials said.
The Cessna was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne, Florida, according to the flight-tracking website Flight Aware. The US military attempted to establish contact with the pilot, who was unresponsive, until the Cessna subsequently crashed near the George Washington National Forest in Virginia, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement.“The NORAD aircraft were authorized to travel at supersonic speeds and a sonic boom may have been heard by residents of the region,” the statement said, adding that NORAD aircraft also used flares in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot.
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