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The US Congress had to evacuate because of the skydiving performance

The US Congress had to evacuate because of the parachute performance - Photo 1.

The US Army’s Golden Knights parachute team perform at the baseball stadium in the National Park, Washington, on April 20 – Photo: REUTERS

According to Reuters news agency, Capitol Police initially announced that tracking the plane posed a “threat” to the Capitol complex.

However, a few minutes later, the police said there was no threat but they evacuated the headquarters U.S. Congress with great caution.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress will re-evaluate the response to the recent incident to find out the error that led to this situation.

The plane turned out to be a military plane carrying members of the US military’s Golden Knights parachute demonstration team, police said.

The Golden Knights team parachuted into Washington National Baseball Stadium, located in the National Park, about 1 mile from the Capitol.

According to CNN, the single-engine plane is believed to have circled around Washington after taking off from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

Meanwhile, Radio NBC News added that the Capitol police were unaware of the event.

According to Reuters, it was not immediately confirmed whether Capitol police had received information about the plane and the skydivers.

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