Dash 8 crew (Piedmont) violates P-56
01-01-2011, 12:04 PM
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Dash 8 crew (Piedmont) violates P-56
01-01-2011, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DustoffVT
01-01-2011, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by G2TT
Not a CRJ, and I don't think they went into P56, just lost radio contact.
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.
01-01-2011, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Semaphore Sam
We've turned into scared rabbits. They've won.
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.
01-01-2011, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by johnso29
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.
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