He was an Islamic middle-eastern male age 31. Why would anyone be suspicious of him? And besides, we would be criticized for "profiling". He had changed his name from Yavz Berke to Adam Dylan. He took off from Thunder Bay, Ontario and headed just about straight south over Lake Superior where he was intercepted by two Minnesota Air National Guard F-16s out of Duluth, who then handed him off to two Wisconsin Air Guard F-16s who were preparing to hand him off to two more F-16s from the Louisiana Guard when he landed, some 5+ hours and 700+ miles into his flight. The Cessna 172 has a published range of 610 nautical miles which is equivalent to 701.5 statute miles. He probably had a tail wind component but I would bet he was out of gas when he landed. NORAD spokesman said they "never considered" shooting him down. They further stated that, while "use of lethal force" is always a possibility, they had determined early on that he did not "have hostile intent". Something like this occurs about 30 times per year according to NORAD.
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