The Israeli air force scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday after a light aircraft flew into restricted air space over its nuclear reactor in the southern Negev desert, the military said. The warplanes intercepted the aircraft and forced it to land at a nearby airstrip, where the two pilots were handed over to civilian authorities for investigation, an army spokeswoman said.
Police had no immediate comment but Israeli media reported that the two men, from central Israel, claimed to have lost their way.
Aircraft are forbidden from flying over the reactor near the desert town of Dimona.