and rescuers reached the crash site by foot around four hours later. Virginia State Police said officers were notified of the potential crash shortly before 4 p.m. Thornton tweeted that they checked in with their kids upstairs and then he went outside to check the house and talk to neighbors. In Fairfax, Virginia, Travis Thornton was settled on a couch next to his wife, Hannah, and had just begun recording himself playing guitar and harmonica when they were startled by a loud rumble and rattling that can be heard on the video. Flares burn out quickly and completely and there is no danger to the people on the ground when dispensed.” “Flares are employed with highest regard for safety of the intercepted aircraft and people on the ground. “During this event, the NORAD aircraft also used flares – which may have been visible to the public – in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot,” the NORAD statement said. The North American Aerospace Defense Command later said in a statement that the military aircraft were authorized to travel at supersonic speeds, which caused a sonic boom that was heard in Washington and parts of Virginia and Maryland. Two F-16 aircraft out of New Jersey and two from South Carolina also responded to the incident.įlight tracking sites showed the plane suffered a rapid spiraling descent, dropping at one point at a rate of more than 30,000 feet per minute before crashing in the St. Two aircraft from the 113th Fighter Wing, out of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, were the first to reach the Cessna to begin attempts to contact the pilot. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the military operation and spoke on condition of anonymity.Īccording to the Pentagon, six F-16 fighter jets were immediately deployed to intercept the plane. official confirmed to The Associated Press that military aircraft had scrambled to respond to the small plane. The plane flew directly over the nation's capital, though it was technically flying above some of the most heavily restricted airspace in the nation.Ī U.S. It was not immediately clear why the plane and pilot did not respond to radio transmissions, why it crashed or how many people were on board. before it crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Virginia, around 3:30 p.m.
Inexplicably, the plane turned around over New York’s Long Island and flew a straight path down over D.C. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna Citation took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee, on Sunday and was headed for Long Island’s MacArthur Airport. Hours later, police said rescuers had reached the site of the plane crash in a rural part of the Shenandoah Valley and that no survivors were found.
The fighter jets caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region. WASHINGTON – A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble fighter jets before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. Now all of a sudden it Only shows up in a totally different state and with exact name search. Is there something I could do to send signals to Google to show that I am in Matthews, NC?Ģ months ago my listing quit showing up at all unless you typed exact business name What could possibly cause my listing or Google to do this? I have been without my listing for a few months now and have NO calls coming in from it. If you search Locksmith Independence, KS it shows up on the maps. If you search Locksmith Matthews, NC my listing does not show up at all. Keep in mind the GMB is in Matthews, NC All my service areas and the actual map show the correct areas. Now if I search my business name under the auto populate I see it with Independence, KS on the listing. I pretty much do not have any traffic, views or calls now. Posted about my SAB listing a few weeks ago about not showing up in search only when you entered the exact name.
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