Fighter jets deployed after civilian aircraft entered G7 no-fly zone above Kananaskis

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A fixed-wing civilian craft travelled into restricted aerial abstraction supra Kananaskis connected Sunday, according to a quality merchandise from the G7 Integrated Safety and Security Group.

Pilot travelled into restricted aerial abstraction earlier landing safely nether their ain power

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 15, 2025 10:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

A representation of Alberta with restricted aerial abstraction locations for the G7 acme highlighted successful blue.

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) deployed combatant jets to intercept a civilian craft connected Sunday aft it entered a no-fly portion successful spot for the G7 summit.

The fixed-wing craft travelled into restricted aerial abstraction supra the Kananaskis area, according to a quality merchandise from the G7 Integrated Safety and Security Group.

CF-18 Hornet combatant jets were sent to intercept the aircraft. NORAD's Canadian portion took "multiple steps" to get the pilot's attraction earlier resorting to "final informing measures" to contact the pilot.

Eventually, the aviator landed the civilian craft safely nether their ain powerfulness and was met connected the crushed by RCMP officers, according to the Integrated Safety and Security Group.

"It is each pilot's work to guarantee that determination are nary restrictions successful the aerial abstraction they mean to fly," the merchandise said.

"These incidents instrumentality distant resources that could beryllium utilized successful constabulary enactment and securing the acme site."

Temporary aerial abstraction restrictions implicit both Calgary and Kananaskis person been successful spot since Saturday morning.

One no-fly portion is centred connected Kananaskis colony and has a radius of 30 nautical miles. Another is centred connected the Calgary International Airport and has a radius of 20 nautical miles.

Restrictions successful some locations volition beryllium enforced until midnight Tuesday.

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RCMP accidental if recreational craft alert into restricted airspace, they should expect superior consequences. The CBC's Terri Trembath tells america however authorities program to support the skies implicit the provincial parkland and successful Calgary.

NORAD is simply a U.S.-Canada bi-national enactment liable for aerospace informing and control. The enactment is utilizing craft and unit from some the Canadian and U.S. militaries to support satellite leaders and different radical attending the G7.

The incident is inactive nether investigation, according to the Integrated Safety and Security Group.

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