Military escorts plane to Dade-Collier airport - F-15`s interceptam Cessna

Collier County Sheriff's Office questioned and released the man

COLLIER COUNTY- Military aircraft were scrambled by the Department of Homeland Security to escort a plane to the ground at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

The FAA said there was some kind of incident with a man trying to buy a Cessna 425 in Brooksville, Florida.

The FAA says the man took off in the plane for a test flight around 2:45 p.m. and never came back, which prompted DHS to get involved.

While in flight, he refused to talk to air traffic controllers. About 45 minutes and 300 miles later, two F-15 fighter jets forced the pilot to land at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

Officials with the FAA said that deputies with the Collier County Sheriff's Office questioned and released the man who was in control of the plane. They said he was released because they did not have enough evidence to charge him with theft.


Souces: 2News Online - By Sarah Hollenbeck


COLLIER COUNTY- caças da USAF foram acionados pelo Department of Homeland Security para interceptar um avião e forçá-lo a pousar no Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

De acordo com o FAA, teria havido algum tipo de problema envolvendo um homem que tentou comprar um Cessna 425, em Brooksville, Flórida.

Segundo o FAA, o homem obteve autorização pra fazer um voo de teste e assim decolou com a aeronave, às 14:45 e não voltou. Isto motivou a ação do DHS.

Durante o voo, o piloto recusou-se a manter contato com os controladores. Após 45 minutos e a 300 milhas de distância, dois caças F-15, interceptaram e forçaram o pouco do avião no Aeroporto de de Dade-Collier.

O departamento de Sheriff de Collier County interrogou o homem, contudo, ele foi liberado porque segundo os oficiais envolvidos na ação, não existiam evidências sólidas que ele tivesse tentado roubar o avião.
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Fonte: 2News Online - By Sarah Hollenbeck
Tradução/Translation: BGA