Wow!
To: An Old Man
2 posted on
04/06/2009 5:48:41 PM PDT by
MediaMole
To: An Old Man
From jsonline.com... apparently believed to be heading for St. Louis.
Stolen plane headed for St. Louis
By Journal Sentinel, Associated Press
Updated: Apr. 6, 2009 7:10 p.m. |
A stolen aircraft being pursued by F-16 fighters, which forced the evacuation of the state Capitol building in Madison, is now over southern Illinois, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.
Mike Kucharek, spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado, said that by 6:25 p.m., the Cessna 172 had a "glide path" headed toward St. Louis with the pilot continuing to refuse to communicate with any authorities.
"We don't know what the motive is. I wouldn't want to speculate on that. We are treating this with the most utmost seriousness," Kucharek said.
The fighters continue to pursue the Cessna 172, reported stolen from Thunder Bay in Ontario, said Lt. Commander Gary Ross, another spokesman for NORAD at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo.
4 posted on
04/06/2009 5:52:36 PM PDT by
Daus
To: An Old Man
Can an F-16 go that slow? I guess they could fly fast circles.
7 posted on
04/06/2009 6:06:41 PM PDT by
devane617
(Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
To: An Old Man
F-16’s tracking a single engine palne? Hope they don’t stall out!
8 posted on
04/06/2009 6:06:51 PM PDT by
saganite
(What would Sully do?)
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