{"id":6406,"date":"2023-06-06T07:15:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T07:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=6406"},"modified":"2023-06-06T07:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T07:15:07","slug":"mystery-virginia-plane-crash-debris-highly-fragmented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=6406","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Virginia plane crash debris &#8216;highly fragmented&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">US investigators have begun combing through rural Virginia in search of wreckage from a small plane that flew off course before crashing on Sunday.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday the pilot and three died in the incident, but did not disclose their identities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">It will take days to assess the &#8220;highly fragmented&#8221; wreckage, scattered in a mountainous region, they said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A person linked to the small plane&#8217;s owner said family members were onboard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">John Rumpel, 75, who runs the Florida business that owned the plane, told the New York Times his daughter, two-year-old granddaughter and her nanny were on the plane along with the pilot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">He said they had been returning to East Hampton, New York state, from his North Carolina home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;It descended at 20,000ft a minute, and nobody could survive a crash from that speed,&#8221; Mr Rumpel, who is also a pilot, said, adding that he hoped those on board had not suffered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A report with further details will be released next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;Everything is on the table until we slowly and methodically remove different components and elements that will be relevant for this safety investigation,&#8221; National Transportation Safety Board investigator Adam Gerhardt said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Investigators will analyse the most delicate evidence while on the scene before the wreckage will be moved to Delaware for further inspection, Mr Gerhardt said. They will look at when the pilot first became unresponsive and what caused the Cessna 560 Citation V private plane to take the path it did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A final report on the fatal incident will be released in 12 to 24 months, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The crash has drawn heightened interest because of its journey over Washington, DC and some of the country&#8217;s most-restricted airspace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) said in a statement that US F-16 fighter jets were sent out at supersonic speeds in order to intercept the plane, causing a loud sonic boom to be heard in the DC region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;During this event, the Norad aircraft also used flares &#8211; which may have been visible to the public &#8211; in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">One of the fighter jet pilots sent to intercept the erratic plane saw the pilot slumped over, US media have reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A sonic boom is similar to thunder, the result of an object moving faster than sound &#8211; about 750mph (1,207km\/h) at sea level &#8211; according to the US Air Force. The sound can shatter glass, but is usually harmless to those that hear it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The Cessna then crashed in a rural area of Virginia after a rapid, spiralling descent. Military officials speaking on condition of anonymity said it was not shot down and the fighter jets did not cause the crash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Police and rescuers reached the wreckage near the George Washington National Forest by foot hours after the crash and said no survivors had been found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Richard Levy, a retired captain and pilot instructor, told BBC News the Cessna probably lost cabin pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Aircraft cabins can depressurise for a number of reasons, including because of aircraft mechanical malfunctions or pilot errors, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/DA5C\/production\/_130000955_a0c3eedf-f816-4fce-ac7d-9e752c18ea73.jpg 976w\" alt=\"A Cessna Citation 560 Ultra V\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 976px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 976\/549;\" \/><\/picture><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">IMAGE SOURCE,<\/span>ADRIAN PINGSTONE<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">Image caption,<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260\">The private plane was similar to this Cessna owned by the US military and seen here in an archive photograph<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In this case, Mr Levy said the cabin may have depressurised gradually and &#8220;insidiously&#8221; without those on board even noticing symptoms of hypoxia &#8211; a condition in which the body is deprived of adequate levels of oxygen &#8211; until it was too late.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;They&#8217;re unaware of what&#8217;s happening, and then they&#8217;ve gone beyond the point of rational thinking, consciousness and good vision,&#8221; Mr Levy said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">US aviation officials said the plane took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee, at 13:14 local time (18:14 BST) on Sunday and was heading to Long Island in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">But flight-tracking data shows the pilot made a hairpin turn after reaching Long Island before beginning a steady route back towards its origin, flying over the protected airspace around the US capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The flight data ends at around 15:30 local time near Montebello in Virginia and shows the aircraft descended at great speed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Mr Levy said the pilot may have realised at one point that the cabin was depressurising and then tried to turn the aircraft around on an autopilot setting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;After that, my assumption is that the pilot then lost consciousness,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">One of the fighter jet pilots sent to intercept the plane saw the pilot slumped over, US media have reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">US President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident at the time, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">He was playing golf at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland where the fighter jets departed from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The Cessna crash has drawn comparisons with the 1999 crash of a Learjet carrying professional golfer Payne Stewart and five other passengers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">After losing pressure, that plane flew directionless for thousands of miles across the country before crashing in South Dakota, killing everyone on board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1\" data-component=\"topic-list\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1szabdv-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-q4zz1q-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\"><strong>source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-65814758\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-65814758<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-74y5ji-Placeholder e16icw910\"><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/10EBE\/production\/_130001396_flight-map-route-050623.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/10EBE\/production\/_130001396_flight-map-route-050623.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/10EBE\/production\/_130001396_flight-map-route-050623.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/10EBE\/production\/_130001396_flight-map-route-050623.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/10EBE\/production\/_130001396_flight-map-route-050623.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/10EBE\/production\/_130001396_flight-map-route-050623.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US investigators have begun combing through rural Virginia in search of wreckage from a small plane that flew off course before crashing on Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday the pilot and three died in the incident, but did not disclose their identities. 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