Around 3:15 p.m., a loud boom was heard in the Washington Metropolitan Area by locals which was assumed to be an explosion.
According to various reports, an F-16 fighter jet was cleared to use supersonic in attempt to communicate with an unresponsive Cessna aircraft flying on a strange path, just outside the capital.
The unresponsive Cessna aircraft later than crashed near Staunton, Virginia.
Update (6/5): 4 people inside the Cessna confirmed dead
by Ryan Griffin