ILLINOIS - 3 Planes Forced To Land After Flying Over Obamas Home
Source: Chicago Breaking News.com
At least three single-engine planes violated a temporarily restricted flight area apparently set up over the area this past weekend for President Barack Obama’s return to Chicago, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Maj. Mike Humphreys declined to say specifically that the restricted area was being enforced for the president’s visit but said that, in general, the zones are put in place for various reasons including “POTUS movements.”
“It’s not so unusual that these incidents occur,” he said. In most cases the incursions are accidents, “but we have to be ready every time.”
In the most recent incident — which was posted on NORAD’s Facebook and Twitter pages — a Cessna 152 flew about two miles into the restricted space about 8:55 p.m. Sunday before two F-15 fighter jets and an HH-65 Dolphin Coast Guard helicopter intercepted the plane and escorted it to the Lewis University Airport in Romeoville. Read more




























































