11:47, 25 April 2009 | GMT +5
White House, Congress briefly evacuated upon small plane intrusion
WASHINGTON. April 25. KAZINFORM. The White House was locked down and the U.S. Capitol building was evacuated briefly on Friday after a small plane intruded into restricted airspace of Washington D.C., the White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were at work at the time and they were "relocated" immediately, he told reporters at his daily press briefing after the incident.
Gibbs declined to say where the president was moved to, and said he had no information on whether First Lady Michelle Obama was also relocated.
Not long after the incident, Obama appeared at a White House event promoting his plans to make college more affordable.
Security officials at the White House and the Capitol were put on alert during the incident and cleared tourists and others from outside areas around the two buildings. The alert was canceled a short time after it was issued.
Authorities also took steps to evacuate the Capitol.
The Senate was in session, and briefly recessed.
The House was not meeting at the time.
After the Cessna 180 small plane flew into the restricted airspace, the pilot complied with directions to leave the area, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Military jets took off to intercept the single-engine plane, she said.
The pilot was then directed to land and the plane touched down at an airport in Indian Head, Maryland, in the Washington suburbs; Kazinform cites Xinhua. See news.xinhuanet.com for full version.