Florida Today
By J.D. Gallop
June 6, 2023
Aviation experts say the odd, wayward flight of a Melbourne-based Cessna that crashed Sunday into the Virginia mountains, killing a Brevard pilot and the daughter and granddaughter of a Brevard couple, may be an indication that the pilot and passengers lost oxygen before crossing into restricted airspace over the nation’s capital.
The air space violation prompted NORAD to send six F-16 fighter jets to intercept the Cessna, leaving in their wake sonic booms that rattled residents across Maryland and Washington, D.C.