“said the jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday.”
Uh, I hope they mean GMT. Otherwise, the person who wrote this is an idiot.
Also, there is a 12-mile limit so that 55 miles is still not in Alaskan air space.
This was published on 9/20. I think they’re referring to 9/17 as the “Wednesday” - not today. This is old news. I picked it up on ZITE over the weekend.