Evacuation of Capital now! (Update: FNC: White House Secret Service gives all clear signal)

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[pitinkie]

Capital and WH being evacuated.."full running evac"

[Tsunamii]

Grace522, Thank you for your service...

[processing please hold]

If there's something to this story...the Vatican should go on high alert.

[Semper Paratus]

Cessna 150/152 crashed into WH at 4 a.m.

I thought it broke apart when it hit the trees near the WH and landed just short of it.

[advance_copy]

Is the pilot still in the plane or have they taken him to interrogation room 2?

Maryland State Police just put someone wearing handcuffs into the back of a patrol car.

[grace522]

Who is this? He was on data link no?

[Miss Behave]

Word.

[Mamzelle]

It's a dinky little two-seater of a puddlejumper. But there's still the possibility of bios.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

12:03 pm the alert level raised to RED with Cessna was within THREE MILES of WH.

12:14 pm -- all-clear given.

[prairiebreeze]

Yes. And in my family's claim to fame, he was a distant cousin of my mother-in-law.

ROFL!

[HairOfTheDog]

I guess someone has to decide which is worse. Banning novice pilots in light aircraft from takeoff from these fields or scrambling fighter jets and having the scenario we had today

The scenario we had today worked. Your scenario would also involve scrambling jets if it was breached, You just ~also~ hassled the daily lives of a bunch of innocents over a wider area to get there.

[Sacajaweau]

You're absolutely right...A clear sky...just like 9-11. Be wise...track this dude's history and watch him for a long time.

[Mamzelle]

Anyone eyeball the pilot?

[TomGuy]

Incident report on that number:


NTSB Identification: NYC79FHD17
14 CFR Part 91 General Aviation
Event occurred Sunday, June 24, 1979 in COATESVILLE, PA
Aircraft: CESSNA 150, registration: N5826G

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2983  79/6/24    COATESVILLE,PA      CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 22, 21 TOTAL
        TIME - 1100                    N5826G              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER CARLSON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COATESVILLE,PA              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- DRIFTED L OF RWY.

NTSB Link - Please change to print landscape.

[JoeV1]

"Meaning some big bullets have come down somewhere in a very populated part of the country."

And your point is...?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

If he's Muslim, we'll never know about it.

[Mo1]

David Gregory is trying to get Scott McClelland to tell were the SS took Cheney and Bush to

[CitizenM]

I guess someone has to decide which is worse. Banning novice pilots in light aircraft from takeoff from these fields or scrambling fighter jets and having the scenario we had today

I don't have a problem with the "scenario" we had today.

I am glad to see they were on the alert and took precautions. Imagine what criticism there would be if no action was taken and that plane crashed -- because of some mechanical problem, even -- in the center of DC. Everyone would be screaming "What...the plane got through the No Fly Zone and no one told us???" What is wrong with the system we are supposed to have...blah, blah, blah.

It is a no win situation for Homeland Security and the FAA I am sure. So, it is always better to err on the side of caution.

[twigs]

2 Senators are claiming they don't know of evac procedures/plans for the Senate.

And they're willing to admit that publicly to their constituents who vote for them to pass laws for the public welfare? I would be too embarrassed.

[tomkat]

Looked like the cop was messin' w/a bunch of paper towels or rags before putting the pilot in the car.
I won't speculate any further what that was all about.

[pnz1]

I have a dumb question, but whenever there's an unidentified aircraft being tracked do they normally know what type of aircraft it is?