Plane Intercepted Near Camp David

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Sunday June 12, 2011

USA Today reports:

This weekend provides another lesson for private airplane pilots.

Don't get too close to presidential locations.

Two US F-15 fighters  intercepted a small civilian plane Saturday when it flew too close to Camp David, where the president and his family are spending the weekend.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said its jets encountered a Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft at around 3:25 p.m. Eastern time and escorted it away "without incident."

"The civilian aircraft, which was out of radio communication, was intercepted approximately 11 miles from Camp David," NORAD said in a statement.

It landed at Hagerstown, Md., without incident.

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