Sonic boom heard in parts of D.C. and surrounding area as F-16s investigate plane in restricted airspace, officials say.
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Afghanistan, March 17, 2020.Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate an aircraft that had entered a restricted area, a U.S. official told ABC News.
The jets, which were deployed from Joint Base Andrews, saw that the pilot of the aircraft had passed out, this official said. The plane subsequently crashed. A flight tracking website shows the craft had made it to its initial destination, Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York, but appears not to have landed -- instead heading back toward the D.C. area.
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