WASHINGTON - A small aircraft wandered into the airspace of Camp David, Maryland, while President Barack Obama was there on Saturday, and was intercepted by two F-15 fighter jets patrolling in the area, authorities said.
The Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft had filed a flight plan but was not in radio contact and got within 11 miles (18 km) of the presidential retreat.
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The two F-15 jets guided the plane to a landing at nearby Hagerstown, Maryland.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters described the incident as a "pilot deviation," but no other details were given of why the pilot was out of radio contact. The identity of the pilot was not disclosed.
Camp David has been a presidential weekend and holiday retreat in the nearby Maryland mountains for decades. Obama rarely goes there but flew up from Washington this weekend.
