Small plane intercepted from restricted flight area as U.S. President Joe Biden addresses UN General Assembly

The small aircraft was intercepted by an F-16 fighter jet and escorted out of the TFR “without incident,” the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was quoted as saying by CNN.

A small aircraft, owned by a leading U.S. military academy, entered the temporary flight restriction area in New York city and was intercepted by a fighter jet, on the day when President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations General Assembly.

The Federal Aviation Administration said a Cessna 182 entered the temporary flight restriction (TFR) at approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The small aircraft was intercepted by an F-16 fighter jet and escorted out of the TFR “without incident,” the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was quoted as saying by CNN.

The aircraft, owned by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was flown by an Army instructor pilot, West Point said in a statement. The instructor pilot was conducting a cadet flight lab in support of an engineering class when the aircraft “briefly” violated the TFR near the George Washington Bridge, the statement said.