US F-16 Triggers Sonic Boom Pursuing Cessna That Crashed
- Sonic boom caused by military craft rattles Washington area
- No survivors found in plane’s wreckage in Virginia, AP reports
A sonic boom that rattled a swath of the Washington area on Sunday was the result of a sonic boom caused by military aircraft
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US fighter aircraft set off a sonic boom that rattled the Washington area on Sunday as it chased an unresponsive Cessna jet that had flown over the region and then later crashed in Virginia.
The plane, a Cessna 560 Citation V, was unresponsive when hailed by authorities as it flew over Washington and northern Virginia, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said in a statement. No survivors were found when rescuers got to the wreckage, the Associated Press reported.