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Fighters Escort GA Plane Out Of UN Restricted Airspace

Remember -- Check The NOTAMs!

Two USAF fighter jets escorted a what appeared to be a wayward pilot from restricted airspace Tuesday morning, during President Bush's visit to the United Nations in New York.

NORAD spokesman Michael Kucharek said the unidentified pilot got the message, when he saw one of the military planes flying towards him. "As soon as the F-16 started coming toward his location, he vacated the airspace," Kucharek said. The pilot landed at Old Bridge Airport in Middlesex County, according to the Associated Press.

As reported in Aero-News, NOTAM 69195 is in effect over New York from September 15 through September 29, part of the heightened security surrounding the 61st UN General Conference.

FAA spokeswoman Arlene Murray said the agency has not determined what action, if any, would be taken against the pilot. Such violations of restricted airspace -- there have been more than 2,200 such incidents since 9/11, according to NORAD -- can result in fines and, in extreme cases, the loss of the pilot's ticket.

The incident did not cause any disruption to the General Conference, where President Bush was giving a speech at the time the plane was intercepted. The scene did cause those in Monroe Township, NJ to raise their heads to the skies, however -- drawn by the sound of low-flying fighter jets overhead.

"You could see the guy in the Cessna and the guy in the jet flying close to him in a big circle ... they couldn't have been more than a few hundred feet up. It was kind of neat," said resident John Buchinski to the Newark Star-Ledger. "My 5-year-old loved it."

FMI: www.tfr.faa.gov

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