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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Plane Struck By Lightning Violates Restricted Airspace Plane Struck By Lightning Violates Restricted Airspace POSTED: 6:45 pm EDT May 23, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Another small plane was intercepted by two F-16s Monday night after it violated restricted airspace, this time in the skies over Montgomery County, Md. Officials with the Transportation Security Administration said the Cessna 340 flew into the area without the required transponder signal. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane had apparently been struck by lightning, which caused an electrical failure and radio problems. Chris Bailey, a Navy pilot who lives in Silver Spring and witnessed the interception told News4, "I watched the F-16s do about two or three laps around this airplane and then they let out with one of the flares and not five seconds after the flare was deployed, the pilot made a 180." Authorities said the plane, which had four people on board was flying from Knoxville, Tenn. to Gaithersburg, Md. Officials said the pilot had changed course to steer around some bad weather. There were no evacuations of government buildings after this latest scare, however the U.S. Senate did take a brief recess until the alert ended. This was the first time fighter jets were scrambled since the new Visual Warning System was deployed. But the system was not used Monday due to the weather, officials said. And this latest airspace violation came on the same day that the government revoked the license of a pilot of the Cessna that flew within three miles of the White House two weeks ago. The Capitol, White House and Supreme Court were evacuated after that violation.
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