Loud Sonic boom across DC, Maryland and Virginia a result of F-16 investigating wayward jet
A loud sonic boom was reported around 3pm across DC, Maryland and Virginia - which later turned out to be from a sonic boom dispatched from NORAD due to a wayward aircraft entering DC airspace. The F-16 caught up with the plane and saw the pilot was unconscious and the aircraft crashed in southwest Virginia shortly after. David Kaplan is on the scene from Joint Base Andrews. More: "Loud boom noise heard in DC area came from F-16 scrambled to investigate wayward aircraft" https://www.fox5dc.com/news/loud-boom-noise-dc-f-16-scrambled-plane-crash-virginia-norad "Cessna plane crashes in Virginia after passing through restricted DC airspace; NORAD dispatched" https://www.fox5dc.com/news/cessna-plane-crashes-into-mountainous-terrain-in-southwest-virginia --------------------------------------------------------------------- STAY CONNECTED AND STAY AHEAD WITH FOX 5 DC Subscribe to FOX 5 DC on YouTube » https://youtube.com/channel/fox5dc?sub_confirmation=1 Read the latest local and national news on fox5dc.com » https://fox5dc.com/ Watch FOX 5 DC programming live » https://fox5dc.com/live Get your local forecast from the FOX 5 DC Weather team » https://www.fox5dc.com/weather Learn how to follow us on social media, download our news and weather mobile apps, find us on your Smart TV and sign up for our daily newsletter » https://fox5dc.com/connect-with-fox-5-on-mobile-social-smart-tv-and-our-newsletter Follow FOX 5 DC on Facebook » https://facebook.com/fox5dc Follow FOX 5 DC on Twitter » https://twitter.com/fox5dc Follow FOX 5 DC Instagram » https://instagram.com/fox5dc Vote in the daily FOX 5 DC InstaPoll » https://fox5dc.com/instapoll FOX 5 DC, WTTG-TV and FOX 5 PLUS, WDCA-TV are owned-and-operated TV stations of the Fox Broadcasting Company. We are located in Washington, D.C. and serves the entire Washington metropolitan area (including Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the Martinsburg, West Virginia area). Our studio is based in Bethesda, Maryland.
