Aircraft lands on US Capitol lawn

Police have arrested a man who steered his tiny, one-person helicopter onto the West Lawn of the US Capitol, astonishing tourists and prompting a temporary lockdown of the Capitol Visitor Centre.

Capitol Police didn’t immediately identify the pilot or comment on his motive, but a Florida postal carrier named Doug Hughes took responsibility for the stunt on a website where he said he was delivering letters to all 535 members of Congress to draw attention to campaign finance corruption.