How is it possible ? A small private plane “accidentally” entered the airspace over the beach house where Joe Biden is spending the weekend, a White House official said Saturday, adding that he didn’t do it, saying it was “not an attack.” “A precaution has been taken,” he added, however.
The President and his wife Jill Biden were briefly evacuated before returning to their residence in the seaside resort of Rehoboth, about 200 km east of Washington. Both “are safe,” according to this official, who declined to be quoted and said the presidential couple was not in any danger.
The secret service on teeth
“Just before 1 p.m., a private plane entered restricted airspace over Rehoboth after mistakenly entering a security perimeter,” the Secret Service, the agency that keeps American leaders safe, said in a statement.
The aircraft was “immediately escorted” out of the restricted airspace. “An initial investigation revealed that the pilot was not using the correct radio channel,” “did not respect” the authorities’ instructions, and “did not follow the announced route,” it said. “The Secret Service will question the pilot,” the statement concluded.