MYSTERY surrounds the ultimate moments of a personal jet flight that made a U-turn over Washington D.C. earlier than crashing into the mountains of Virginia.
The tragic crash took the lives of the “entire family” of Florida businessman and outstanding MAGA donor John Rumpel.
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F-16 fighter jets have been scrambled in pursuit of the Cessna Citation aircraft after the pilot reportedly misplaced consciousness and violated airspace.
The chase sparked a sonic boom over the US capital earlier than the non-public jet crashed into the mountains of Virginia after 3pm on Sunday.
Four people were onboard the plane including a two-year-old girl.
Virginia state police said there were no survivors found at the crash site.
The Cessna had taken off from Elizabethtown, Tennessee, and was heading to the Long Island MacArthur Airport, New York.
Flight monitoring knowledge present the jet flew previous its vacation spot earlier than it rotated, flying over DC.
The info present the aircraft began a fast spiralling descent dropping greater than 30,000 toes earlier than crashing in St. Mary’s Wildernes.
The Cessna was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne, Florida, owned by John and Barbara Rumpel.
John Rumpel instructed the New York Times that his “complete household” was onboard, together with a daughter, grandchild, and a nanny.
The outstanding MAGA donorsaid: “It descended at 20,000 toes a minute, and no one may survive a crash from that velocity.”
He added that the household have been returning to their residence in East Hampton, on Lengthy Island, after visiting him in North Carolina.
The Rumpels have donated a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} to Former President Donald Trump, together with a $250,000 donation to the Trump Victory PAC in 2020.
Moreover, Barbara Rumpel made donations to a number of different Republican candidates together with Herschel Walker.
US Capitol Police tried to contact the pilot, who was unresponsive, Nationwide Forest in Virginia, North American Aerospace Protection Command (NORAD) mentioned in an announcement.
“The NORAD plane have been licensed to journey at supersonic speeds and a sonic growth might have been heard by residents of the area,” the assertion mentioned.
“The pilot was unresponsive and the Cessna subsequently crashed close to the George Washington Nationwide Forest, Virginia.
“NORAD tried to determine contact with the pilot till the plane crashed.”
In line with Flight Conscious, the aircraft appeared to achieve the New York space, then made almost a 180-degree flip.
The Cessna plane then “crashed into mountainous terrain in a sparsely populated space of southwest Virginia,” in response to the FAA.
The FAA mentioned in an announcement that it could examine the crash alongside Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
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