Delaware: NORAD fighter jet intercepts small aircraft that violated Presidential Airspace over Wilmington CNN 3 hrs ago By Oren Liebermann, Barbara Starr and Caroline Kelly, CNN © Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images US President Joe Biden leaves St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church after Sunday Mass on May 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware.
A North American Aerospace Defense Command fighter jet intercepted a small aircraft that had violated Presidential airspace over Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday, according to a statement from NORAD, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the US and Canada.
The fighter jet dispensed signal flares to alert the pilot and direct the aircraft, which was not in communication with air traffic controllers, out of the restricted zone, the statement said.
Fighter jet intercepts small aircraft that violated Presidential Airspace over Delaware
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