Washington, Nov 11: US Vice President Dick Cheney and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card were briefly evacuated from the White House after a tourist plane violated an aerial security zone over the residence. "A small private plane violated the TFR (Temporary Flight Restricted) zone," put in place after September 11, 2001, around 1115 hrs (2145 IST yesterday), secret service spokeswoman Ann Roman said. "It was intercepted and escorted out of the zone," by military jets a few moments after it had broached the secure zone, Roman explained adding that the tourist plane's pilot had fully cooperated with the authorities. The security scare sparked an emergency evacuation within the White House forcing the temporary evacuation of Cheney and card, roman said. Bureau Report