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Plane Diverted from Philly Airport

Pilot Arrested

January 15, 2004The pilot of a small plane was arrested after what the FAA says was erratic flying. Police were notified around 10:00pm after the plane violated the restricted airspace surrounding Philadelphia International Airport and would not respond to control tower communications.

video VIDEO: Jim Gardner reports

Compounding the concerns is the fact that the airport where the pilot was circling is just a few short miles from the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant.

The small plane, a single-engine Piper PA-28, finally landed at the airport where waiting police took the pilot into custody. The plane was then towed into a hanger.

So far there is no word on why the pilot was flying as he did.

4 posted on 01/15/2004 8:34:26 PM PST by petuniasevan (Xerox & Wurlitzer merged...they're now making reproductive organs.)
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I think the guy had the plane parked, and the wind picked it up. He climbed in hoping to stop it, but the wind carried him away.
18 posted on 01/15/2004 10:55:59 PM PST by BykrBayb (Temporary tagline. Applied to State of New Jersey for permanent tagline (12/24/03).)
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