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The Federal Aviation Administration says it has not given advance notice to U.S. Capitol police ahead of a planned parachute landing in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, prompting an agency tasked with securing the headquarters of democracy to order an evacuation. of the entire Capitol Complex.
An email alert, originally sent by U.S. Capitol police, contained a topic that said “Evacuate Now: Aircraft Invasion” and then provided guidance on where people should move.
Sources told Fox News that a single-engine private Cessna plane entered limited airspace over the US Capitol, taking military paratroopers to Nationals Park for the Nationals baseball game against Diamondbacks, where it was evening for military evaluation.
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Capitol security officials told Fox News they had not received the flight notice they normally receive. This triggered the signal and caused the evacuation of the US Capitol.
“That shouldn’t be happening,” a senior Capitol security official told Fox News. “That looks bad.”
An FAA spokesman confirmed in a statement Friday that he had not given advance notice of the Capitol police incident that triggered the evacuation.
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“The FAA’s initial review of the circumstances surrounding Wednesday’s parachute demonstration by the US Army’s Golden Knights at Nationals Park showed that we have not given advance notice of the incident to U.S. Capitol police. We deeply regret that we have contributed to the preventive evacuation of the Capitol complex and apologize for the disturbance and fear experienced by those working there, “the statement said.
The spokesman said the federal agency was taking “immediate steps” to prevent the incident from happening again.
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The U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute down National Park before a baseball game between the Washington National and Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
“We appreciate our partnership with U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies and take immediate steps to ensure that we always coordinate in advance with other agencies to avoid confusion about future aviation events in the Washington, D.C. area,” he said. the speaker.
Chad Pergram of Fox News contributed to this report.
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