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Crashed Plane Behind D.C. Chaos Owned by Big-Time MAGA Donor Couple
Crashed Plane Behind D.C. Chaos Owned by Big-Time MAGA Donor CoupleThe owners of a Cessna passenger aircraft that sparked panic as it flew into restricted U.S. airspace over Washington, D.C. Sundaybefore crashing into the Virginia wildernessare big-time Republican donors and major boosters of the National Rifle Association, according to federal records and public statements.
The aircraft, which authorities said was piloted by a person who lost consciousness, prompted an aerial chase with Pentagon jets, which caused a sonic boom heard across the D.C. area, officials said.
According to federal aviation records, the plane was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne, a Florida-based company registered to John and Barbara Rumpel, though neither were on board at the time of the crash.
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ItsjustMe
Jun 2023
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Bev54
(11,974 posts)1. I have read that his daughter, granddaughter and her nanny were on board.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,059 posts)2. Tragic no matter how you look at it...
CurtEastPoint
(19,318 posts)3. gag

CanonRay
(15,035 posts)4. Try giving some of that loot to help people
and maybe change that karma? It would be healing for your soul, too.
Skittles
(161,587 posts)5. they had already lost a teenaged daughter to a scuba diving accident years ago
tragic, no matter how disgusting they are