WASHINGTON Jun 4 FAA (FAA) After reports of an «explosion» in Washington, the United States reported that a Cessna Citation business jet crashed in a sparsely populated area of southeastern Virginia. in a mountainous area in a sparsely populated area in southwestern Virginia. The plane took off from Elizabethton Airport (Tennessee) and was heading to Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York,» the agency said in response to questions from the agency, adding that this information is not
«The National Transportation Safety Board will be responsible for the investigation and will provide all further updates,» the agency added.< br>
At the same time, the Annapolis, Md., Emergency Management Department released its own statement saying the loud sound was caused by a «US Department of Defense authorized flight.»
«The flight triggered a sonic boom. This is all the information available at the moment,» the department added.
Law enforcement agencies in the city of Bowie, also in Maryland, published similar information. Citing data from Andrews Air Force Base, they said that the «explosion» was in fact a sonic boom
Meanwhile, it has not yet been clarified whether the two events are related.At the time of writing, the Pentagon has not responded to a request regarding the nature of cotton in the US capital area