The Door County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating reports of airplanes that “buzzed” the Cana Island Lighthouse near Baileys Harbor Thursday morning. One of the planes got so close that it clipped off a communication line. Jon Gast of the Door County Maritime Museum talked about the incident during the WDOR talk show Friday…
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The accident not only deprived the island of telephone service, but also cut off access to credit card services at a very busy time for the popular venue. Gast says authorities were contacted as soon as the details of the incident were known…
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Gast says the line was repaired and things are back to normal at Cana Island. The incident occurred at about 11:46am Thursday.
