Private aircraft crashes in Virginia after pilot unresponsive, fighter jets try to intervene



Investigators are now piecing through the remains of a private aircraft that crashed on Sunday in Virginia. As the plane approached restricted Washington, D.C. airspace, six fighter jets were scrambled to intervene, but the pilot was slumped over and unresponsive. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports.

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27 comments

  1. I believe it was shot down

  2. family of trump supporters! couldn't have happened to nicer people!

  3. not to sound like a conspiracy theorists, but why are there 3 reports of this happening? terrorism planning?

  4. Cessna should have the step to don an oxygen mask high on the checklist…hopefully this aircraft does have a CVR & FDR.

  5. A vaccident waiting to happen, RIP to all!

  6. The plane "crashed". Sure… 🚀

  7. Shut up Lester.
    You get on my nerves!

  8. Anyone getting deja vu about this

  9. Oxygen mask doesn't release automatically when cabin pressure drop? 🤔

  10. 。..dont private jets of this category have a co pilot?…but both wud be unconcious i guess….

  11. It didnt crash it got shot down.

  12. Shame you couldn’t show a correct picture of the C560, you first showed a C560XL real accuracy in reporting NBC. Like all your news at least you got some of it correct. It was an airplane.

  13. If you can afford the lifestyle to hire private jets, you lived a good if shortened life.

  14. The fighter jet flyers are lying. They shot him down.

  15. Was this tha NRA lady

  16. Condolences from Bangladesh

  17. I’m not a pilot nor do I know anything about it really but what could the jets possibly do other than watch it crash? Maybe I’m wrong but shouldn’t certain personnel be able to maybe take control of an airplane almost like remote control if something like this happens. I always said at air traffic control maybe there’s like an area that can remote access the controls in emergencies to safely land a plane or something in the event of high jacking or someone not responding etc.

    Like military has drone pilots make the same thing for emergencies in regular aircraft’s. Maybe this would create hijacking easier through remote access I don’t know. Just a thought

  18. I will never ever fly in a plane with only one pilot

  19. Horrifying for the passengers

  20. Looks like it depressurized

  21. super unnerving about that lack of info.

  22. Jab, jab, jabbed them so…
    Weren't that bright ya know.
    Mandated shots; Untimely Clots
    And down the planes shall go.