Plane crash in Virginia

[Batman]

This is a weird and developing situation. A Citation 560 business jet left Tennessee, got to Long Island (near what was supposed to be its destination) made a U-turn, came back through DC and flew over the city, before crashing into a mountain near Staunton, Virginia.
F-16s were sent to intercept and went supersonic to get there. They spotted the pilot passed out and NORAD's attempts to contact him were unsuccessful up until the crash. No word yet on who was on board, but if the pilot was passed out it seems like a depressurization situation.

Cessna plane crashes in Virginia after passing through restricted DC airspace; NORAD dispatched

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

That Cessna also flies as the UC-35 for DoD.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I heard the sonic boom clear as day. I was at my neighbor's and we all WTFed each other until we found out what happened.

 

[Batman]

 

[DanOregon]

Died doing what they loved /crossthread

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Payne Stewart situation, maybe?

 

[Batman]

Payne Stewart situation, maybe?

That's what it sounds like. This one caused a lot of alarm because it flew close to the White House and Capitol, through a restricted area, on its return trip.

 

[Batman]

Plane is registered to a Florida company called Encore Motors of Melbourne, Inc. Appears to be a car dealership.

Plane registered in Melbourne crashes in Virginia

 

[Cosmo]

My mom texted me asking if I had heard this .... I'm in Richmond, so fairly far away from Staunton, so I didn't hear anything. But she said she heard it from where she lives in southern Fairfax County.

 

[Twirling Time]

I remember the last time I heard a sonic boom in the States. It was the late spring of 1987 and I was doing curb-scraping work as a youth project - basically shoveling leaves out of the gutter on the side of the road. Heard the boom, thought no big deal, heard it before. Remarkable that they've cracked down on it so hard since.

 

[MileHigh]

These things always give me the heebe jeebies, obviously. Not the same circumstances, but still. Sounds like a Payne Stewart situation.

 

[TigerVols]

Our windows rattle twice — bang [beat] bang — every time Space-X's boosters return to Vandenberg.