Scare on New Year's Day: The authorities in Washington have temporarily evacuated buildings in the government district, including the Capitol, fighter jets were on alert. A passenger plane was briefly the radio contact with the Reagan Airport verln the city. Washington - The Capitol and all buildings of the Senate and the House were evacuated on Saturday because an aircraft in the airspace of the Washington DC radio contact with the Reagan Airport had verln.According to a report in the New York Times "combat aircraft were from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland ordered and contracted through the U.S. capital. The flight number of the 4352 Piedmont Airlines was reportedly en route to Hilton Head in the State of South Carolina to Reagan Airport.
A police spokeswoman said that at half past two in the afternoon, the aircraft had reached the blocked airspace. According to the Federal Aviation Administration was radio contact verln by plane, as it came near the capital. The silence had lasted about 15 minutes. According to "Washington Post" the police sent 13.30 clock time an e-mail sent to all persons working in the Capitol complex.
It said the paper said that they should evacuate the building. The evacuation was completed half an hour later, prematurely, as the ground staff took up radio contact with the aircraft and the aircraft landed as planned at Reagan Airport. Piedmont Airlines is a subsidiary of U.S. Airways.
A spokeswoman for the airline said they were working together with authorities to investigate the incident. How many passengers were aboard the plane was not known. The machines are designed for the airline, depending on the model for 37 up to 80 passengers.
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