Pilot lost contact with air traffic controllers before plane crashed in Virginia, feds say

by CHRISTIAN FLORES | WJLA

Tue, June 6th 2023, 5:38 PM UTC

Four people were killed Sunday, June 4, 2023, when a plane crash near Montebello, Virginia. Jeff Hefner (left) was identified as the pilot who was flying the private plane and Adina Azarian (right) was one of three passengers in the plane. (CNN Newsrouce/Lakhinder Vohra via AP)

Jeff Hefner was identified as the pilot who was flying the private plane that crashed in Virginia. (CNN Newsource)

In this undated photo provided by Lakhinder Vohra, Adina Azarian poses for a picture in East Hampton, N.Y. Azarian was one of four people killed in a plane that crashed in a remote part of Virginia on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The pilot of the business jet she was a passenger in, that flew over Washington, appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight. (Lakhinder Vohra via AP)

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Four people were killed Sunday, June 4, 2023, when a plane crash near Montebello, Virginia. Jeff Hefner (left) was identified as the pilot who was flying the private plane and Adina Azarian (right) was one of three passengers in the plane. (CNN Newsrouce/Lakhinder Vohra via AP)

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