CAMP DAVID, Md. – Military aircraft have intercepted two small planes in restricted airspace around Camp David, where leaders of the world’s economic powers are gathering for a summit.
The North American Aerospace Defence Command says the two Cessna 172 aircraft were out of radio communication on Friday evening inside a 30-mile (48-kilometre) restricted area around the presidential retreat. The restricted area was expanded temporarily for the Group of Eight talks.
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U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien says the violations were not deemed to be threatening.
NORAD says an F-15 fighter jet intercepted the first plane just after 7 p.m. and the plane landed at York Airport in Thomasville, Pennsylvania. An F-15 and a Black Hawk helicopter intercepted the second plane about 15 minutes later and it landed on a grass runway in Pennsylvania.
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