F-16 fighter jets caused a sonic boom on June 4 after being scrambled to respond to a private plane that had flown over D.C. The plane, a Cessna, later crashed in southwest Virginia. Here's what you need to know:
Experts said publicly available flight data suggests the pilot had fallen unconscious — likely because of a loss of pressurization — and that the plane was flying on autopilot until it ran out of fuel. Federal investigators haven’t said what caused the plane to crash.The Federal Aviation Administration said preliminary information shows the pilot and all three passengers died in the crash, which it said occurred “under unknown circumstances.
NTSB investigators will document the crash scene and examine wreckage of the aircraft, as well as gather information from radar, weather data, the plane’s maintenance records and pilot medical records. 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.
It will be up to the NTSB to determine what might have caused the plane to lose pressure and why the pilot was not able to use an oxygen system. Guzzetti said investigators will want to know when the oxygen system was last serviced and whether maintenance records reveal any issues with the plane. The FAA records indicate the plane was only recently acquired by Encore. Guzzetti said that would have involved an inspection by the FAA, but only a cursory one that likely would not have delved into the condition of the plane’s pressurization system.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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