[Scan-DC] Monday's plane interception

[Cathy Drzyzgula]

  The Gaithersburg Gazette has a story on the plane intercepted on Monday  
evening, apparently, it had been hit by lightening.

"Two jet fighters escorted a small Canadian-registered Cessna to  
Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg Monday night after it flew into  
restricted airspace near Washington, D.C., authorities said.

The plane had been scheduled to fly from Knoxville, Tenn., to the airpark  
but was struck by lightning during the flight, causing it to lose its  
electrical system, radio and identifying transponder, said Laura Brown, a  
spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

"It was a very unusual weather-related situation," she said."

For the whole article:
http://www.gazette.net/200521/gaithersburg/news/276464-1.html
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