American authorities on Sunday took off fighter jets because of the Cessna Citation business jet, which violated the airspace of the American capital and crashed in the neighboring state of Virginia, Reuters reports citing its sources.
According to sources, the plane was on autopilot and did not respond to warnings from the authorities, attempts to establish contact with the pilot. At the same time, the interlocutors of the agency note, the actions of the fighters were not the cause of the crash of the business jet. Around the same time, some residents of Washington and the surrounding area heard a loud bang. He was linked to the incident, according to Reuters.
On June 4, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported a business jet crash in southwest Virginia. Information about the victims is not given. The incident will be investigated by the FAA and the US National Transportation Safety Board.
Initially, authorities in the city of Annapolis, Maryland, neighboring Washington, reported that the reason for the explosion-like sound heard by local residents was the planned exercises of the National Guard of the capital. They then added that the sound was caused by the F-16 going supersonic.
Source: Rosbalt
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