Listen to Air Traffic Control As Supersonic F-16s Try To Intercept A Plane Over Virginia

This photo is not from the Cessna crash and sonic boom over D.C.

Air traffic controllers on the East Coast were tasked with clearing airspace for two F-16 fighters attempting to intercept a wayward business jet that flew over Washington, D.C. on June 4th. One of the jets, leaving from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the DMV.

Through an ATC recording posted by a Twitter user, we can hear one F-16, Zulu COSMIC 01/02, get clearance to depart and scramble from Atlantic City. You can also hear another F-16, BRAVE 01/02, attempt to make contact with the troubled Cessna Citation with little success. That plane eventually crashed in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia, killing everyone onboard.

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