Parachute demonstration at Nationals game triggers false alarm evacuation at US Capitol
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By Ryan Nobles, Mike Valerio and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A military parachute event featuring the Army Golden Knights at Washington’s Nationals Park Wednesday night inadvertently triggered a “probable threat” warning at the US Capitol and prompted an evacuation order, sources familiar with the matter tell…
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The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police said they were tracking an aircraft “that poses a probable threat,” but the plane turned out to be a military
By Ryan Nobles, Mike Valerio and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A military parachute event featuring the Army Golden Knights at Washington’s Nationals Park Wednesday night inadvertently triggered a “probable threat” warning at the US Capitol and prompted an evacuation order, sources familiar with the matter tell…
The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing a communications breakdown that led police to think an aircraft carrying military parachutists for a baseball stadium stunt was “a probable threat.”
The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed "a probable threat.” But the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s failure to notify Capitol Police about a parachute stunt at a nearby baseball stadium led to an alert and urgent evacuation of the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official said Thursday. The FAA said it was reviewing the communications breakdown.
The U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday said the lack of advanced notice of a planned Army parachutists demonstration over Nationals Park baseball stadium that led to an evacuation of the Capitol complex was “extremely unusual.”
A military parachute event featuring the Army Golden Knights at Washington's Nationals Park Wednesday night inadvertently triggered a "probable threat" warning at the U.S. Capitol and prompted an evacuation order,
The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed "a probable threat" — but the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who then parachuted into Nationals Park for a pregame demonstration.
UPDATE 8:37 p.m.: It has since been confirmed that the aircraft was part of a parachute team set to perform at Wednesday’s Washington Nationals game. The Washington Examiner reported:...
The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed “a probable threat” — but the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who then parachuted into Nationals Park for a pregame demonstration.
Capitol Police told staff to evacuate on Wednesday evening, citing an "aircraft that poses a probable threat." The flight, it later transpired, was routine. Politicians were quick to lambast the communication breakdown.
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