The security response to the Cessna plane that crashed in Virginia after veering toward Washington, D.C., airspace has roots in post-9/11 protocols to protect the Capitol.
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has the latest on military jets pursuing a Cessna plane that entered restricted airspace over the U.S. Capitol area on 'Fox Report.'There have been a lot of them over the years when it comes to possible air incursions around the Capitol.
Search and rescue teams en route to the Blue Ridge Parkway to find the site where a Cessna Citation crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Virginia, Sunday, June 4, 2023. In the spring of 2005, another aircraft mistakenly pierced the Capitol security ring, forcing officials to dump the building. The Air Force guided the errant pilot to an airport in suburban Leesburg, Virginia.Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
briefly enhanced the security posture after that incident. However, they never located a nefarious aircraft. Or the blob.Probably the most dramatic evacuation came in June 2004. The military was about to escort the casket bearing the body of the late President Ronald Reagan to the Capitol rotunda to lie in state. The Capitol complex was on an extraordinary state of alert that day because of global dignitaries who had traveled to Washington to pay their respects.
Authorities authorized the Golden Knights flight. But the FAA apparently failed to communicate properly with the U.S. Capitol Police That prompted the evacuation when authorities saw how close that aircraft flew to the Capitol. There will be other air security issues in the future at the Capitol. Some just concerns. Just big worries. Others, true scares.
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