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Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor
Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor UPDATE: A single-engine plane that drew a pair of Air Force fighter jets when it inadvertently strayed into temporarily restricted airspace over the GWB during the UN General Assembly was being flown by an Army instructor pilot from West Point. The soldier was conducting a "civil and mechanical engineering" flight lab for cadets, an academy spokesperson said, when the aircraft "briefly violated" a Temporary Flight Restriction Area around 2 p.m., following President Joe Biden's address to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The West Point Civil & Mechanical Engineer…

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Bomb Threat Locks Down Teterboro Airport Ahead Of UN General Assembly's Return Bomb Threat Locks Down Teterboro Airport Ahead Of UN General Assembly's Return
Bomb Threat Locks Down Teterboro Airport Ahead Of UN General Assembly's Return A bomb threat temporarily locked down Teterboro Airport in advance of this week's U.N. General Assembly in Manhattan, authorities confirmed. They didn't immediately say whether Port Authority police bomb dogs found anything during a hour-long search of the airport's four private aviation companies -- known as fixed base operators (or FBOs) -- early Sunday. The call had come into Bergen County dispatch around 6 a.m., responders said. Moonachie Avenue and Fred Wehran Drive were closed, as well. World leaders from 132 countries will convene at the U.N. Secretariat Building along the East Riv…

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by Jerry DeMarco