CNN: Man Held in Custody at Frederick, MD Airport, Re: D.C. Plane Scare

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

CNN's Kelly Arena reports that one man is being held by Maryland State Police at an airport in Frederick, MD. The police are waiting for federal authorities to arrive on the scene.

The man is said to be the pilot of the small aircraft that triggered an evacuation of government buildings in downtown Washington when he reportedly violated restricted airspace.

Frederick, MD. is located about an hour northwest of Washington, D.C. along the I-270 corridor.

[Peach]

I didn't hear where in PA, pa mom.

[Pyro7480]

To me this sounds deliberate. Probably some left wing nutjob.

From kristinn description in post #17, you may be on to something.

[AppyPappy]

Yeah. I say he walks. Some leftie terrorist sympathizer will take his case and the terrorists will consider it to be a test.

[MJY1288]

Cessna 150 is what I heard it was, that model is used a lot for training

[OXENinFLA]

C-span2 --- Capitol Police Chief just said the guys WERE NOT AUTHORIZED TO TAKE PLANE.....(I think that's what I just heard.)

[Shermy]

Was the Governor of Kentucky on board?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

In further developments, after seeing the fighter escort to take him to the airport, the pilot's first request upon landing was for a fresh set of undershorts....

In other words, there was an evacuation outside of the White House.

[pa mom]

Maybe he was drunk. We had a guy here in PA who was flying drunk and almost had a mid-air collision. His newly-dried-out butt is now in jail.

[Pyro7480]

Post #20 confirms your investigation.

[WolfRunnerWoman]

"Isn't that the 2nd or 3rd time recently? May be testing the reaction or setting the stage so that we aren't as caeful in the future, like crying wolf."


My thoughts, precisely!

[pa mom]

Thanks, as I suspected, Freepers were on it. Someone found the registration and posted it. Gotta love 'em!

[kristinn]

Anyone can be Islamic. Did he look like he was from the Middle East? Hard to tell. He had brown, curly hair as best as I could tell.

[evad]

kewl dude!

[BlackRain]

Here is somemore information regarding the plane.

Cessa Tail Number: N5826G

FAA Registry -- N-Number Inquiry
http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/NNum_inquiry.asp

[Dead Dog]

Immediately after 911 the media was pushing for a ban of light aircraft, since they could be used for a 911 type attack.

They are useless as a battering ram, and have slightly better payload then a wheel barrel. If a Cessna 150 is a weapon, a 1969 Olds 88 is a WMD.

[Lazamataz]

Nationality? Is he 'swarthy'?

[MJY1288]

Ft. Detrick

[Tennessee_Bob]

It's here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Smoketown,+PA&spn=0.126514,0.167198&t=k&hl=en

[TC Rider]

A few months after 9/11, a co-worker went to Vermont to pick up his reconditioned Russian Yak-52. Newly rebuilt with glorious Soviet war paint.

He was still trying to figure out how the radio work when he approached DC. He knew to stay away from the district but had wandered over some other no-fly zone in the process.

A shadow fell over him and he looked up to see the underbelly of an A-10 Warthog, another was postitioned beneath him.

He finally found the right freq and made haste out of the no fly zone.

not my friend's bird, but the same model

[kristinn]

Yep. Idiot at WH press conference asks, 'What does it say about our country that we can be rattled by a Cessna?'