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NORAD Intercepts GA Airplane In D.C. Restricted Airspace

Incident Ended When Pilot Established Communications And Landed

NORAD says it intercepted a GA airplane last Saturday flying in the National Capital Region airspace without proper clearance.

Radio station WTOP reports that, according to NORAD, the single-engine plane entered the Special Flight Rules area at about 9:30 p.m. EDT and was not communicating with air traffic control. Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the aircraft, and the intercept was noted by several residents of the D.C. area.

“As part of NORAD’s homeland defense efforts, NORAD aircraft responded, but prior to intercept, the civilian pilot established positive communications and immediately landed at the nearest airport,” NORAD spokesman Major Mark Lazane said in a statement, remarking the event was resolved without incident.

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