{"id":1945343,"date":"2023-06-06T12:38:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plane-that-was-carrying-gop-backers-family-was-doomed-minutes-after-takeoff-federal-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:41:53","slug":"plane-that-was-carrying-gop-backers-family-was-doomed-minutes-after-takeoff-federal-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plane-that-was-carrying-gop-backers-family-was-doomed-minutes-after-takeoff-federal-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP supporter&#8217;s family&#8217;s plane crashed shortly after takeoff, according to federal officials."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fplane-that-was-carrying-gop-backers-family-was-doomed-minutes-after-takeoff-federal-officials-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1945343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragic Plane Crash Claims Lives of Prominent Entrepreneur and Her Toddler Daughter<\/h2>\n<p>A doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain has left the nation in shock. The pilot of a business jet was not responding to air traffic control instructions, and the situation was soon reported to a network that included military, security, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a>, according to federal aviation officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Despite being out of contact on its ascent Sunday afternoon, the jet that had just taken off from a Tennessee airport continued toward its intended destination on Long Island, then turned to fly back to Virginia where it slammed into a mountain, killing the four people aboard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Family and friends identified two of the victims as an entrepreneur known in New York real-estate circles and her 2-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<h3>Fighter Jets Sent to Intercept<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pentagon-releases-dramatic-footage-russian-fighter-jet-downing-us-aircraft-looks-intentional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fighter jet pilots<\/a> sent to intercept the business jet reported that its pilot appeared slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday. The officials had been briefed on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details of the military operation. The plane took an erratic flight path \u2014 turning around over Long Island to fly directly over the nation\u2019s capital \u2014 which prompted the military to scramble fighter jets. This caused a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-plane-crash-white-house-says-six-f-16-military-jets-rushed-to-scene-caused-a-sonic-boom-2\/\" title=\"Six F-16 military jets caused a sonic boom at the Virginia plane crash site, according to the White House.\">sonic boom heard<\/a> in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation Underway<\/h3>\n<p>On Monday, it took investigators several hours to hike into the rural area where the plane crashed about 60 miles southwest of Charlottesville. They expect to be on the scene for at least three to four days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At a briefing Monday, NTSB investigator Adam Gerhardt said the wreckage is \u201chighly fragmented\u201d and investigators will examine the most delicate evidence at the site, after which the wreckage will be moved, perhaps by helicopter, to Delaware, where it can be further examined. It was not clear if the plane had a flight data recorder. A preliminary report will be released in 10 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Virginia State Police said human remains will be brought to the state medical examiner\u2019s office for autopsy and identification. Authorities said the victims included the pilot and three passengers. There were no survivors.<\/p>\n<h3>Victims Identified<\/h3>\n<p>The plane took off from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Tennessee at 1:13 p.m. Sunday, headed for MacArthur Airport in Long Island, New York. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-faa-investigates-close-call-two-planes-ny-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Traffic Control<\/a> lost communication with the airplane during its ascent, according to the NTSB.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary information indicates the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plane-that-was-carrying-gop-backers-family-was-doomed-minutes-after-takeoff-federal-officials-say\/\" title=\"GOP supporter's family's plane crashed shortly after takeoff, according to federal officials.\">air traffic control communication attempt<\/a> with the airplane was at approximately 1:28 p.m. when the plane was at 31,000 feet, the NTSB said. About eight minutes later, the FAA reported the situation to the Domestic Events Network, which included military, national security, homeland security, and other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The plane climbed to 34,000 feet, where it remained for the rest of the flight until 3:23 p.m. when it began to descend and crashed about nine minutes later, according to the NTSB. The plane was flying at 34,000 feet when it flew over MacArthur Airport at 2:33 p.m., the NTSB said.<\/p>\n<p>The plane flew directly over the nation\u2019s capital. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pentagon-expert-testifies-video-showing-speeding-ufo-combat-zone-concerned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pentagon<\/a>, six F-16 fighter jets were deployed to intercept the plane, including two from a base in Maryland, two from New Jersey, and two from South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The plane that crashed was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne Inc in Florida. John Rumpel, a pilot who runs the company said his family was returning to their home on Long Island, after visiting his house in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>In interviews with the New York Times and Newsday, Rumpel identified his daughter, Adina Azarian, and 2-year-old granddaughter Aria, as two of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Azarian, 49, was well-known in real estate circles in New York, described by friends and relatives as a fiercely competitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shark-tank-star-responds-targets-satanic-wokeism-lesson-corporate-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entrepreneur<\/a> who started her own brokerage and was raising her daughter as a single parent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBeing a mom was everything to her,\u201d said Tara Brivic-Looper, a close friend who grew up with Azarian. \u201cThat they were together (at the end) is fitting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Friends say Azarian moved to East Hampton full-time to raise Aria, with the help of a nanny. But she made frequent trips back home, bringing both Aria and the nanny to meet her tight-knit extended family on multiple occasions in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe seemed so happy out there,\u201d her cousin, Andrew Azarian, recalled. \u201cBoth of their lives hadn\u2019t even started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow could this happen?\u201d he continued. \u201cNo one can explain it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a doomed flight over a Virginia mountain, the pilot of a business jet was reported to military, security, and law enforcement agencies by air traffic control officials. 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