Sonic Boom in Greater DC Was F-16s Responding to Unresponsive Pilot

Sonic Boom in Greater DC Was F-16s Responding to Unresponsive Pilot
An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies a mission in a file photo. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby
Melanie Sun
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Authorities have confirmed that an explosive sonic boom heard by residents in the wider D.C. area came from Defense-authorized supersonic flights responding to an erratic small plane flying through the capital’s restricted airspace.

Federal officials have since said that the supersonic flights were responding to a small plane that crashed into a mountainside in the George Washington National Forest, southwestern Virginia.

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