[newzjunkey]

Seems like it was just accidental.

A friend of mine was a witness but did not see the flares.

[SIDENET]

A witness has told commercial radio the fighter jets fired flares at the plane.

They dropped flares while flying near the Cessna which was in restricted airspace. Flares were not "fired at the plane".

[ScreamingFist]

"This light plane came over in restricted airspace because of APEC and these two fighter jets come out in the middle of nowhere and were firing flares at it," the witness said.

LOL. It's pretty hard to miss an F-18, flying at near stall speed with it's nose way up, ejecting flairs to get your attention. The pilot must have been smoking some good dope....;)

[Aussie Dasher]

It will take the dry cleaner weeks to get the pilots pants back to what they were...

[Aeronaut]

[singfreedom]

I bet that fella in the Cessna just about messed his pants when he finally noticed his fighter “escort”. I’m afraid I would have been lookin’ for my parachute!

Surely, it was a mistake. I can’t imagine anyone, intentionally, matching a Cessna against modern fighter jets! But, on the other hand, there are nutters out there that will try anything!

[Turbopilot]

What’s the U.S. counterpart to “ADEC” airspace? Is this like entering Class B without permission or is it more like an ADIZ?