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Pilot's Drunken Flight Sparks Fighter Jet Chase and Scary Landing
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A 24-year-old Hungarian man allegedly stole a Cessna 172 while drunk, prompting fighter jets to chase him and authorities to order an emergency landing after he entered a nuclear power plant’s airspace. Hungarian police said the man took off from Kalocsa airport, about 90 miles south of Budapest, and flew briefly before landing in a sunflower field near Gerjen in Tolna County. Defense Minister Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi said the aircraft entered airspace near Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary’s only commercial nuclear facility, which led to two jets being scrambled. Despite the rough landing, authorities reported only minor injuries and said he was arrested.
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