Plane enters Sydney APEC restricted airspace
An AAP report says that two F/A-18 fighter jets reportedly fired flares at a light plane that entered restricted airspace over Sydney.
A witness told Macquarie Radio that shortly before 3pm (AEST) Sunday, he saw the plane enter restricted airspace over Penrith, in Sydney’s west, before having flares fired at it by the two jets.
“This light plane came over in restricted airspace because of APEC and these two fighter jets come out of the middle of nowhere and were flying flares at it,” the witness said.
“Right over the top of Penrith, it was amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
It was reported the plane had been escorted to Bankstown Airport and that the pilot was being questioned.
Macquarie Radio said it had unconfirmed reports that the city had undergone major lockdowns as a result of the security breach during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
A Defence spokesman said the department had no details of the incident at present.
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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