A small private plane ‘mistakenly’ entered the airspace above the beach house where Joe Biden was spending the weekend, a White House official said on Saturday, saying it was not “not an attack” .
A precaution was takenhe added, however.
The president and his wife Jill Biden were temporarily evacuated before returning to their residence at the seaside resort of Rehoboth, located just under 200 km east of Washington.
both is safestill according to this official, who declined to be quoted and specified that the presidential couple was not in danger.
Shortly before 1 p.m., a private plane entered restricted airspace over Rehoboth after mistakenly entering a secure area.explained in a press release the Secret Service, the organization that ensures the security of American leaders.
Some pilot deviations
The device has immediately accompanied outside restricted airspace.
Initial investigation shows that the pilot was not using the correct radio channel, not respected the instructions given by the authorities and did not follow the announced routeit is defined.
The Secret Service will ask the pilotend of statement.
Source: Radio-Canada
