Dash 8 crew (Piedmont) violates P-56
01-01-2011 | 07:11 PM
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Amen brother. It's amazing how easy it is to make the most "powerful" country in the world run scared.
And a note to the crack squad of geniuses in charge of security and the airspace in and around D.C.: If you are evacuating a building (especially one the size of the Capitol building) AFTER an aircraft penetrates P-56, it is too late. You have failed.
And a note to the crack squad of geniuses in charge of security and the airspace in and around D.C.: If you are evacuating a building (especially one the size of the Capitol building) AFTER an aircraft penetrates P-56, it is too late. You have failed.
01-02-2011 | 07:39 AM
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Just found the incident on archived ATC recordings.
Approach: Pietmont 4352 I have an amendment for you
Crew: Go ahead
Approach: Yea... uhhh... (unreadable) When you get to your gate remain there, secret service will be waiting for you.
((5 seconds of silence))
Crew:.....Rrroger
Whoops!
Approach: Pietmont 4352 I have an amendment for you
Crew: Go ahead
Approach: Yea... uhhh... (unreadable) When you get to your gate remain there, secret service will be waiting for you.
((5 seconds of silence))
Crew:.....Rrroger
Whoops!
01-02-2011 | 09:16 AM
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... A better question for the peanut gallery on here is, how do you run off the end of a long runway with a perfectly good airplane, and fair weather? (Too soon?)You should be more concerned with the fact that you live in a country where the only people allowed to fly over your capitol are the "terrorist."
Anyway thats enough ranting for me today...
01-02-2011 | 09:24 AM
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Do you fly professionally? It happens all the time ... A better question for the peanut gallery on here is, how do you run off the end of a long runway with a perfectly good airplane, and fair weather? (Too soon?)
You should be more concerned with the fact that you live in a country where the only people allowed to fly over your capitol are the "terrorist."
Anyway thats enough ranting for me today...
... A better question for the peanut gallery on here is, how do you run off the end of a long runway with a perfectly good airplane, and fair weather? (Too soon?)You should be more concerned with the fact that you live in a country where the only people allowed to fly over your capitol are the "terrorist."
Anyway thats enough ranting for me today...
01-02-2011 | 09:36 AM
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Over Montana or South Dakota maybe, but not flying into D.C. If YOU fly professionally you should know that. This proves, along with your runway reference, that no matter how big your airplane is (I didn't say age or experience level intentionally, I know the resumes of many of the old PDT Captains) mistakes can be made. Be careful out there...everybody.
01-02-2011 | 09:55 AM
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01-02-2011 | 10:15 AM
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An unauthorized aircraft entered restricted airspace over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC., Saturday, prompting an evacuation of the Capitol.
The inbound aircraft, a Piedmont Airlines flight from Hilton Head, S.C., was first spotted in the restricted airspace at 1:30 p.m. As a precautionary measure, buildings were evacuated and secured, said the U.S. Capitol Police in an email.
I think they entered P56.
The inbound aircraft, a Piedmont Airlines flight from Hilton Head, S.C., was first spotted in the restricted airspace at 1:30 p.m. As a precautionary measure, buildings were evacuated and secured, said the U.S. Capitol Police in an email.
I think they entered P56.
Operating in the FRZ without maintaining two-way radio communications would be a big no-no. In a DHC8 coming from the south into DCA, it would be quite difficult to end up north of the Potomac and west of the Anacostia to violate P56. Not impossible, but very difficult.
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