Weird! Aircraft crashes into Atlantic: U.S. says

Waukesha County Regional Airport.

The North American Aerospace Defence Command says

it has scrambled two F-16 fighter jets

to aid an aircraft that appears to have crashed into the Atlantic.

The fighter jets tried to provide assistance to what NORAD in a statement called

an "unresponsive general aviation aircraft".

The aircraft took off from Waukesha Airport, in Wisconsin, and was headed to Manassas Airport, in Virginia, when it crashed into the ocean, NORAD said on Saturday.

NORAD is the joint Canadian and American command in charge of maritime warning, aerospace warning and aerospace control for the neighbouring nations.

© AFP 2014