Plane flies too close to Capital in D.C.

Plane flies too close to Capital in D.C.

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A propeller-driven Cessna 177, which had taken off from Carroll County airport in north-central Maryland, entered restricted airspace 30 miles north of Washington at 12:12 p.m. EDT at 1,800 feet with no radio, FAA spokesman Hank Price said.

The intruding aircraft reached a point six miles northwest of the Capitol building before being diverted and escorted by interceptor aircraft to Leesburg, Va., airport where it landed at 12:44 p.m., Price added.

Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the pilot was being interviewed at the Leesburg facility.

Michael Kucharek, a spokesman with North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said two F-16s were scrambled to intercept the plane as it headed south from Maryland.

A Coast Guard helicopter also was involved in the intercept and escort of the Cessna, according to Lt. Gene Maestas, spokesman for the guard's Mid-Atlantic region.

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LMAO! It sounds like they used half the fleet of the airforce we have left over here to intercept this Cessna. I'm sure homie is probably headed straight to Guantanamo or a Haliburton Camp. haha

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