Four dead, including family members of NRA exec, in crash through restricted airspace that led to sonic boom from F-16 fighter jets
Officials also made clear that the Cessna was not shot down by a military jet
A sonic boom was heard across the Washington DC area Sunday afternoon when military jets raced after a private, unresponsive plane that crossed into restricted airspace and later crashed, killing all four people onboard.
The deafening boom rang out when two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland to investigate the aircraft that was flying, but not responding to radio transmissions shortly after 3 p.m., according to the Department of Defense. ---More...
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