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Airspace violations continiij
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Pilots have flown through the
prohibited airspace protecting
the White House at least 94
times over the past decade,
illustrating the challenges of
thwarting a terrorist airstrike on
the nation’s capital.
Even with military jets
patrolling the skies, four com
mercial airliners and a medical
helicopter have crossed into
Washington’s no-fly zone
since the Sept. 1 1 suicide
hijackings. Federal Aviation
Administration officials say.
The latest was on Monday.
In most cases, pilots who
violated the airspace protecting
the White House, vice presiden
tial mansion and Capitol have
gotten penalties less severe than
a parking ticket, an Associated
Press review of FAA enforce
ment records found.
Just a month before the
September hijackings, a Mesa
Airlines flight strayed into pro
hibited airspace. By November,
the matter was closed with a
warning letter to the pilot, com
mon for most cases.
Security experts say viola
tions of the Washington air
space highlight a key reality in
the fight against terrorism.
Planes that veer into the zone
can crash into government
installations within seconds.
“Practically speaking, by the
time a violation is discovered, it
is too late to do anything to pre
vent a crash into the White
House,” former FAA security
chief Billie H. Vincent said.
FAA Deputy Administrator
Monte R. Belger said Thursday
the agency recognizes there’s
little time to react once planes
penetrate the safety zone and so
the government has imposed
Boundaries in the sky
Over the last decade, pilots have violated
prohibited airspace nearly 100 times over
Washington, D.C., and in most cases
received penalties less severe than a
parking ticket. For security reasons, pilots
leaving Washington National Airport make
a steep turn to the west or east to avoid
prohibited air space.
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ensure planes with ill
don’t get close.
“The restricted area i :
of the last line of de
Belger said. “The addition
the-ground security proce
and in-flight protocols
place give us a much
level of confidence.”
Borders have been tcj
pilots, flight crews and pa!*
are screened to weed out
terrorists, and planes appro
Washington must c®
authentication procedures, ;
ing providing passwords.
About three dozen fi
approaching Reagan Nat
Airport have been turned
since Sept. 11 because the;
n’t complete the verific
process, officials said.
Planes that violate the
hibited zone are quickly u.
by the flight tower to co
course, and the Secret Sen
alerted. Nearly all pilots,
ply immediately, officials;
Military planes that p
the capital skies are pe
to force such planes to lai
as a last resort, shoot
down if pilots don't respoc
None of the five planet
flew into the protected t
since Sept. 11 have req
such action, officials said.
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Villagers kidnap
American, nine
others in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP)
Villagers stormed a boat sen-
icing a drilling rig off Nigeria'
southern coast, taking hostage
the 10 international and
Nigerian oil workers aboard,
Shell Oil said Thursday.
The 10 workers - one
American, four Ghanaians, one
Filipino and four Nigerians-
were captured TuesAai^
young men from the vte
Amatu, Bayelsa state,i-
International spoken
James Herbert said in Lonfc
The hostage-takers demand
ed employment, oil contracts
and other help from ShellJ
return for the workers salt
release, Herbert said.
The captives, whose I'
ties were not disclosed, a,t
employed by a company cc
tracted to Shell, Tidex Marine
Herbert said. Telephone ca-
to a Tidex Marine represent
tive in Nigeria were no
answered.
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