William Waldock News Today

From the sale of the Commanders to the departure of the pandas to a new FBI headquarters site, here's a look back at the year in D.C.-area news

Investigators are looking into whether hypoxia played a role in the Sunday crash of a Long Island, N.Y.-bound plane, according to a report.

A private plane, Cessna Citation, violated restricted airspace over Washington, prompting an F-16 pilot to intercept the aircraft. Tragically, the Cessna crashed in Virginia.

A loss of oxygen is a leading theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before it crashed in rural Virginia. But federal investigators are just beginning to look for answers, and an expert cautioned against jumping to conclusions.

A new report says an F-16 pilot saw a troubling sight when he made visual contact with a plane that crashed in Virginia on Sunday.

A loss of oxygen is a leading theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew off course and over the nation's capital Sunday before it crashed in rural Virginia. But federal investigators are just beginning to look for answers, and experts cautioned against jumping to conclusions.

The Cessna Citation took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee, headed for Long Island's MacArthur Airport. Once over Long Island, it inexplicably turned around and headed south, flying straight over Washington, D.C. before crashing in Virginia, killing the pilot and three passengers.

Investigators are looking into whether hypoxia played a role in the Sunday crash of a Long Island, N.Y.-bound plane, according to a report.

An East Hampton realtor and her 2-year-old daughter were among four people who died when a plane flying from Tennessee to Long Island crashed in VA on June 4.

Aviation experts are citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before crashing in rural Virginia.