Английская Википедия:2023 Virginia plane crash

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Infobox aircraft occurrence On June 4, 2023, a privately operated Cessna 560 Citation V carrying three passengers and a pilot crashed at approximately 3:23Шаблон:Nbspp.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the George Washington National Forest, Virginia, killing the occupants, after the crew had been found unresponsive. The plane had previously entered the no-fly zone over Washington, D.C., and was intercepted by F-16 fighter jets before it crashed. A preliminary report was released by the National Transportation Safety Board on June 21, 2023, and the investigation into the crash is ongoing as of August 2023.

Accident

The plane involved in the accident was a Cessna 560 Citation V, registered N611VG to Encore Motors of Melbourne, a Florida-based company under the ownership of John and Barbara Rumpel. It departed from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee, at approximately 1:15Шаблон:Nbspp.m. EDT, bound for Long Island MacArthur Airport (ICAO: KISP) in New York. According to an NTSB spokesman, fifteen minutes after takeoff, air traffic control instructed the pilot to maintain altitude at Шаблон:Convert, but he did not respond. The plane continued climbing until reaching a cruising altitude of Шаблон:Convert and proceeded to fly on the correct bearing to land at MacArthur Airport.

After reaching Long Island, the plane failed to initiate its descent on approach, instead turning around and heading in the direction of its origin. The flight continued on until it entered the no-fly zone over Washington, D.C. The U.S. Capitol complex was placed on "elevated alert" when the plane flew over the restricted airspace as reported by the U.S. Capitol Police. NORAD deployed six F-16 fighter jets to intercept the plane.

Interception and crash

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon of the 113th Wing, the unit involved in the interception

The Cessna was intercepted at approximately 3:20Шаблон:Nbspp.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Two F-16 jets from the 113th Wing at Joint Base Andrews engaged in supersonic flight over the capital region, were the first to reach the Cessna, and attempted to contact the pilot. They used flares to draw the Cessna pilot's attention, although the plane's pilot was unresponsive. The flight continued on, flying past Washington, D.C., and entering the state of Virginia, until crashing at approximately 3:30Шаблон:Nbspp.m. EDT. Tracking data from FlightAware indicated that the plane flew over Washington, D.C., at an altitude of Шаблон:Convert.

The plane crashed near Montebello, Virginia, on the north face of Mine Bank Mountain at an elevation of Шаблон:Convert, in the vicinity of the Mine Bank Creek Trail in the George Washington National Forest. Vegetation damage and crater at the site of the crash indicated fast, near-vertical descent.

Passengers and crew

The FAA confirmed four people died as a result of the crash. According to initial reports from The New York Times, John Rumpel's daughter, granddaughter, her nanny, as well as the pilot were on board the plane during the crash. By June 10 the identities of three of those onboard were known: pilot Jeff Hefner, passengers Adina Azarian and Aria Azarian (age 2).

In an interview, John Rumpel, who was not aboard at the time of the accident, said that the Cessna "descended at 20,000 feet a minute".

Aftermath and investigation

First responders who were notified of the crash at 3:50Шаблон:Nbspp.m. EDT reported that no survivors were found in the wreckage. CNN reported that the plane left a "crater", leading responders to believe that it impacted the ground at a very steep angle. A preliminary report was released by the National Transportation Safety Board on June 21, 2023, and the investigation into the crash is ongoing as of August 2023.

Cause

The owner of the aircraft has speculated that the crash may have been caused by hypoxia resulting from the loss of cabin pressure, rendering the passengers and the pilot unconscious. U.S. officials said that the intercept pilots had seen the Cessna's pilot "passed out" at the controls. The NTSB's preliminary report says that the voice recorder has not been located. The jet was intercepted by fighter aircraft at about 3:20Шаблон:Nbspp.m. EDT. Two minutes later it went into a right spiral into the terrain.

External links

• Flight path of the plane from Plane Finder