Surveillance cameras captured a sonic boom caused by F-16s that scrambled to investigate an aircraft that had entered a restricted area, a U.S. official said.
F-16 fighter jets caused a sonic boom in Maryland while investigating unresponsive an plane over DC that ultimately crashed in Virginia.Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate an aircraft that had entered a restricted area, a U.S. officialAuthorities were concerned about the plane, which was unresponsive and flying a strange flight path over the D.C.
Aircraft that are scrambled in this way are under the control of NORAD, and another U.S. official said that NORAD was operating in support of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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