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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did it go 300 miles in the wrong direction and THEN turn around? [/quote]
I don't think it went three hundred miles in the wrong direction? Looks like it flew to its destination and then not only didn't land, it turned around. Very weird. I was reading some aviation nerd reddit posts and it sounds like that's a feature of autopilot?[/quote]

Sorry I must have misread. The reporting is confusing at best. [/quote]
No, the reporting is not great, you're right about that. In their defense there's not a lot of information. They only found the crash site a couple hours ago.

But you do raise a good point. Was ATC not in contact with this pilot? How did he fly over a very crowded part of the country (I mean he basically flew the bottom half of the NE corridor), not land, and turn back around? It sounds like the Air Force attempted to intercept when he flew over DC the second time - because the first time he flew over Fredericksburg, but the second time he flew directly over DC, which is restricted. When did ATC lose contact with this plane? [/quote]

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