WASHINGTON — The evacuation of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night occurred after aviation officials failed to provide advance notice to police about a fly-over at a baseball game in Washington, they acknowledged Friday evening.
The Federal Aviation Administration apologized for the episode in an emailed statement, saying “we deeply regret that we contributed to a precautionary evacuation of the Capitol complex.” A U.S. Army parachute team had been given permission to fly over the Washington Nationals baseball stadium.
The episode took place in some of the most restricted airspace in the U.S.
