US Army fighter jets were sent to identify the Cessna plane that violated Washington airspace before the crash. Authorities had previously tried to contact Cessna without success.
A small Cessna plane has crashed in Montebello, Virginia, USA. There is no information on personal injuries so far. The Cessna Citation model can accommodate a maximum of 12 people.
CNN’s according to the plane was on its way from Tennessee to New York.
Reuters news agency reported earlier that a supersonic boom was heard in Washington on Sunday afternoon local time. Many frightened residents reported that a loud sound shook their apartments.
Officials later announced that the sound of the breaching of the sound barrier had originated when US military fighter jets had been dispatched to identify a Cessna plane that had violated Washington airspace. The plane was operating in restricted airspace near the Congress building and the White House.
According to information obtained by Reuters, authorities previously tried to contact Cessna without success. According to various estimates, the plane flew on autopilot.
The plane eventually crashed in a sparsely populated, mountainous area of southwest Virginia, according to the FAA.
The news is updated.