The pilot of a small plane called into action by the US Air Force has reportedly collapsed in his seat near the US capital Washington. Air Force fighter pilots noticed it, CNN broadcaster reported Monday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the incident.
Accident investigators are currently investigating whether oxygen deprivation was the cause. According to media reports, apart from the pilot, there were three other passengers in the plane, which eventually crashed in the US state of Virginia – a sparsely populated area near Washington. No survivors were found.
The incident took place on Sunday. F-16-U.S. military fighter jets advanced to the type engine Cessna Citation intercept. Loud thunder was heard in Washington and neighboring states of Virginia and Maryland as the jets reached supersonic speeds.
According to North American Air Defense Command NORAD, the US military used flares to contact the Cessna’s pilot. But he didn’t react.
There were four people aboard the Cessna Standard media reports Besides the pilot, there was a two-year-old girl, her mother and a nanny. The plane’s owner is John Rumpel, Florida-based Encore Motors of Melbourne Inc. he said The New York TimesHis daughter and granddaughter are on board Cessna It was when it crashed.
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