AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Hungarian police arrest 24-year-old after unauthorized plane enters nuclear plant airspace, crashes in field
A 24-year-old pilot was arrested in Hungary after allegedly taking a small plane into restricted airspace near the nation’s largest nuclear plant, prompting a fighter jet response and a crash landing that left the plane wrecked but the facility unharmed. Hungarian authorities are investigating how a young pilot managed to take a Cessna 172 from […] The post Hungarian police arrest 24-year-old after unauthorized plane enters nuclear plant airspace, crashes in field appeared first on American Almanac .
A 24-year-old pilot was arrested in Hungary after allegedly taking a small plane into restricted airspace near the nation’s largest nuclear plant, prompting a fighter jet response and a crash landing that left the plane wrecked but the facility unharmed. Hungarian authorities are investigating how a young pilot managed to take a Cessna 172 from Kalocsa Airport, fly into a no-fly zone surrounding the country’s main nuclear power station, and crash in a sunflower field just four miles from the sensitive facility. The incident triggered a military radar alert and sent fighter jets scrambling to intercept the unauthorized aircraft, according to reporting by The U.S. Sun . Officials say the pilot was uninjured and was taken into custody at…Open