
Hypoxia “occurs when there is not enough oxygen in the cabin,” aviation expert Steve Ganyard told ABC News. Barbara Weimer Rumpel/ FacebookĪviation experts have speculated that hypoxia may have rendered the pilot and passengers incapacitated. Facebook Azarian’s parents are businessman John and NRA executive Barbara Rumpel. Adina Azarian, her 2-year-old daughter, the child’s nanny and the plane’s pilot all died in the crash. The jet seemed to be flying on autopilot before it crashed, a source familiar with the incident added to Reuters. The jet fighters saw that the pilot of the doomed jet, which belonged to Azarian’s father, appeared to be unconscious as the aircraft continued to fly, a US official told ABC News - creating the “ghost plane.” Reportedly killed in the crash were Adina Azarian, 49, a real-estate broker in East Hampton, her 2-year-old daughter, the child’s nanny and the pilot.Īzarian’s parents are politically active, having donated $250,000 to the Trump Victory PAC in 2020, records show. Wolf via AP The Cessna became a “ghost plane” after the pilot appeared to have passed out while flying. Authorities near the scene of the plane crash near Montebello, Virginia on June 4, 2023. “During this event, the NORAD aircraft also used flares – which may have been visible to the public – in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot,” the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement. The jets created sonic booms when they broke the sound barrier in their race to get to the plane, startling local residents. Mary’s Wilderness in an apparent near-nosedive. Several F-16 fighter jets were scrambled near Washington, DC, to intercept the wayward aircraft, which eventually dropped at a rate of more than 30,000 feet per minute before crashing in the St. It remains unclear what caused the twin-engine Cessna Citation V involved in Sunday’s crash to make a U-turn over Long Island as it was headed to MacArthur Airport.įor some reason, the jet turned toward Virginia, where it eventually crashed in a rural area, killing all four people aboard, including a Hamptons Realtor and her young daughter.

Stewart, three other passengers and the two pilots were killed when the plane crashed in a South Dakota pasture. 25, 1999, crash involving a Learjet 35A that lost cabin pressure and flew aimlessly across the US with famed PGA golfer Payne Stewart aboard. The tragedy was chillingly reminiscent of the Oct. The pilot of the private jet that fatally crashed in Virginia appeared to have passed out while the aircraft continued to eerily fly, leaving the Cessna to become what is known in aviation circles as a “ghost plane.” Pilot who survived Amazon jungle for 2 weeks dies in second plane crash Mary Peltola’s husband dies in Alaska plane crash Debris reportedly found in SC after F-35 stealth fighter jet disappearedį-35 jet worth $90M reported missing by authorities after pilot ejects during ‘mishap’: officials
