BREAKING: U.S. Capitol Evacuated

The U.S. Capitol was just evacuated over a threat of a plane flying into controlled airspace that was not responding.

Reports started to break about 45 minutes ago:

U.S. Capitol Police alert just now: “The USCP is tracking an aircraft that poses a probable threat to the Capitol Complex.”

Immediate evacuations ordered pic.twitter.com/I4oxv06jrG

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 20, 2022

NEWS: I’m told there’s a “small plane that is not responding to communication” that has triggered the Capitol evacuation.

— Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) April 20, 2022

BREAKING: We’ve just been evacuated from the US Capitol because of reports of what what police are telling us is “aircraft intrusion”.

— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) April 20, 2022

While no one was mourning the potential loss of anyone in Congress (too soon?) the disaster was soon averted.

You’re not going to believe this…

The Washington Nationals apparently hired skydivers to drop into their game and no one alerted the authorities.

😬😬😬

Someone is about to be fired!

Check this out:

I’m crying … the Washington Nationals forgot to tell anyone about their parachuters and caused the US Capitol to be evacuated for potential terrorism 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹 pic.twitter.com/as42v73yzR

— sarah (@slwein) April 20, 2022

And here:

6:42 pm 7 skydivers jumped from small plane south of Capitol Hill pic.twitter.com/pW79wtVSeA

— Chef Heff (@mikeheifetz) April 20, 2022

The AP has confirmed the story and no harm was done:

The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police said they were tracking an aircraft “that poses a probable threat,” but the plane turned out to be a military aircraft with people parachuting out of it for a demonstration.https://t.co/PpCAvnRR5Q

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 20, 2022

From the AP:

The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police said they were tracking an aircraft “that poses a probable threat,” but the plane turned out to be a military aircraft with people parachuting out of it for a demonstration, officials told The Associated Press.

The alert to evacuate the Capitol came shortly after 6:30 p.m.

The aircraft, a single-engine plane, was reported to be circling around Washington after taking off from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, two people familiar with the matter. The people said the aircraft did not report taking off and did not have appropriate clearance. The people were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Ohhh man:

Evacuation at the U.S. Capitol caused by U.S. Army team skydiving into stadium for the Washington Nationals; all clear given pic.twitter.com/YLYE8uScUw

— BNO News (@BNONews) April 20, 2022