Neighbors react after hearing a Long Island family was found dead in a mysterious plane crash in Virginia this weekend.
The wayward and unresponsive plane from Tennessee that flew over the nation’s capital caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed.
"I believe because F-16s were scrambled to communicate with the pilot and there was no response, I’m thinking they were unable because they were unconscious at the time," said Dr. Michael Canders, who is the aviation center director with Farmingdale State College. Aviation experts suspect the plane was on autopilot as it went all the way to MacArthur Airport on Long Island before turning around. According to flight tracking sites, the plane rapidly descended.
It eerily echoes the 1999 death of golfer Payne Stewart, whose plane lost cabin pressure and flew for thousands of miles before it crashed. "Always sweet, stopped by to say hello, I’d always pet the dog," said her neighbor. The National Transportation Safety Board expects to have a preliminary report in 10 days. A full investigation will take more than a year.that I have read and agree
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