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Plane that flew over DC crashed almost straight down at high speed, report says

An unresponsive business jet that flew over the nation’s capital had plunged into a Virginia mountain at a high velocity before it burst into flames

The Independent UK

'My daughter and grandchild died in a private jet crash - I wish it had been me instead'

John Rumpel had expressed his grief and wished he was in the plane instead of his adoptive daughter and granddaughter in the deadly Virginia plane crash on June 4

Daily Mirror

Virginia plane crash: Mum killed in crash was adopted at 40 by Trump donor's family

Adina Azarian, a top real-estate agent in the New York area, was adopted at age 40 by John and Barbara Rumple according to her biological family, after a chance encounter

Daily Mirror

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Sonic boom in DC: Plane that crashed lost contact with air traffic control just after takeoff

Victims named as Adina Azarian, 49, her two-year-old daughter Aria, pilot Jeff Hefner, and nanny Evadnie Smith

The Independent UK

Virginia jet crash victims remembered: "I could not love a human being more"

More details are emerging about four people killed when a private jet crashed in Virginia after causing a scare over Washington

The Independent UK

Plane that crashed in Virginia lost contact with air traffic controllers during ascent, feds say

Only minutes into a doomed journey, the pilot of a business jet wasn’t responding to air traffic control instructions and federal aviation officials say the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies

The Independent UK

The heartbreaking reason Trump donor couple adopted daughter who died in Virginia plane crash aged 40

Businessman John Rumpel says his daughter, grandchild and nanny were on board the Cessna Citation that crashed in Virginia

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Washington DC sonic boom: Plane crash victims pictured including nanny and two-year-old girl

Evadnie Smith has been named as the fourth victim of the private plane crash that killed Adina Azarian, 49, and her two-year-old daughter Aria alongside the duo and pilot Jeff Hefner

Daily Mirror

GOP donor whose family was killed in DC-area plane crash also lost another daughter in diving accident

Businessman John Rumpel says his daughter, grandchild and nanny were on board the Cessna Citation that crashed in Virginia

The Independent UK

It will take days to collect debris from plane that flew over Washington, crashed in rural Virginia

A federal investigator said it will take days to gather highly fragmented debris from small plane that caused a stir when it flew over the nation’s capitol and crashed in Virginia

The Independent UK

Light plane that sparked scare lost contact soon after takeoff -NTSB

Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington, authorities said on Monday.

Reuters

Trump donor whose family died in Washington plane crash lost other daughter in diving tragedy

John Rumpel said daughter and granddaughter were among crash victims, and another daughter was killed in 1994 diving accident

The Guardian - US

A sonic boom, a baffling plane crash and a family destroyed: Inside the Virginia tragedy that sparked a F-16 response

No survivors found after Cessna Citation plane wrecked in Virginia mountains following unauthorised flight over Washington, with thunder clap heard as two F-16s went supersonic in race to intercept it. Joe Sommerlad writes

The Independent UK

Washington DC sonic boom: All we know about doomed flight after mysterious fatal crash

A huge sonic boom heard in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia on Sunday was caused after an F-16 jet was scrambled in response to a rogue Cessna Citation jet that wasn't responding to radio signalling

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Moment Washington DC sonic boom shakes homes of terrified residents before fatal jet crash

Residents in Virginia, US, were left stunned after a private jet dropped more than 30,000 feet per minute before crashing in the St Mary's Wilderness, killing four people

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Fighting escalates along Ukraine frontlines

Russia claims to have fought off ‘major offensive’ and says 250 Ukrainian troops killed in attack. Plus, what caused a global shortage of pink paint?

Daily Mirror

Washington DC sonic boom: Expert suggests what could have led to fatal plane crash

Prominent MAGA donor John Rumpel has been left wracked with grief after his daughter and two-year-old granddaughter were two of four people to die when the private jet crashed into a rural part of Virginia

Evening Standard

Wayward plane sparks F-16 fighter jet chase before crashing in Virginia

No survivors were found at the crash site

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Trump donor's family killed in plane crash after F-16 causes sonic boom over DC

Florida businessman John Rumpel's daughter and two-year-old granddaughter were on board the private jet, alongside the toddler's nanny and pilot

ABC News

No survivors found in wreckage after US fighter jets chase 'unresponsive' pilot of private plane

US fighter jets cause a sonic boom across the US capital while scrambling to reach an unresponsive aircraft that ultimately crashed in the mountains of Virginia.

Reuters

Fighter jets chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia

The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia, officials said.

The Guardian - US

US jets pursue light aircraft over Washington DC before it crashes in Virginia

The fighter jets caused a sonic boom over the US capital that sent some residents into a brief panic

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