A private jet entered restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., on Sunday as a result of an inquiry that federal authorities started on Monday. The little aircraft crashed in Virginia, killing all four occupants.
The private business plane, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, crashed close to Montebello, Virginia. About four hours after the incident was reported, rescuers were able to reach the wreckage on foot, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman said in a statement on Monday.
on a telephone interview on Monday, John Rumpel, who runs Melbourne-based Encore Motors, the Florida-based business that owns the plane, stated that his daughter Adina Azarian, his two-year-old granddaughter, her babysitter, and the pilot were on the aircraft. The aircraft perished.
According to him, the Cessna 560 Citation V crashed “almost vertically and at high speed,” and the collision left a crater and 150 meters of debris in its wake. After a four-day visit to their North Carolina home, Rupel announced on Sunday that they would head back to East Hampton, New York.
Officials from the military and the United States acknowledged on Sunday that airplanes were sent from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to intercept the flight after the Cessna entered restricted airspace.
After the Cessna entered a zone that was off-limits and contained significant national landmarks, the FAA called the pilot but did not receive a response. As a result, the military gave the go-ahead for the jets to intercept the aircraft, according to a military official.