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An F-15 fighter jet intercepted a small plane after it entered restricted airspace in New York City around the time that President Biden gave an address to the United Nations on Wednesday.
A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-15 fighter aircraft responded to the aircraft which wasn’t in communications and located 20 nautical miles east of New York City, according to a spokesperson for NORAD.
The single-engine Cessna 172 entered the area of a temporary flight restriction at 11:40 a.m. and was escorted away from the area by the fighter jet.
A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration told Fox News Digital that the plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, took off from Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
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A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-15 fighter aircraft responded to the aircraft which wasn’t in communications and located 20 nautical miles East of New York City, according to a spokesperson for NORAD.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers, File)
An investigation by the FAA is underway and the pilot of the plane could face sanctions that range from a warning to “license suspensions or revocation.”
