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| NORTHCOM Officials Reacted Immediately to NYC Aircraft Incident |
| 2006-10-12 |
| And Rangel was on Fox News within a few hours, already blaming Bush and the slowness of the response! WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2006 – When Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating first heard that a plane had hit a high-rise building in New York yesterday, his first thought was: “Let us get busy as quickly as we know how to make sure it’s not another 9-11,” the admiral said in a news conference later that day. Keating, the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, immediately scrambled fighters and support aircraft to protect U.S. and Canadian cities. He said combat-loaded aircraft were over New York and Washington within 10 minutes of the small plane hitting the building in New York. A small aircraft owned and piloted by Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and was flying around the island of Manhattan. Keating said the pilot probably got disoriented and crashed into a 50-story high-rise on New York’s East Side. Keating, who was in his office at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., at the time, received notification and immediately launched jets from a number of bases around the United States and Canada. He said that within 20 minutes of the plane hitting the building all the aircraft were on station. “These are armed aircraft capable of conducting offensive operations,” Keating said. “We’re much more alert, much more ready and much more capable of providing air patrols over the United States and Canada” than in the past. As NORAD commander, Keating has the authority to launch fighters from alert status. He then notifies the chain of command in the United States and Canada. He said the aircraft patrolled over cities on the east and west coasts, but did not announce more specific details for security reasons. In addition to fighter aircraft, NORAD launched Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft and tankers. Shortly after the combat air patrol launched, Keating said, he received notification via the Federal Aviation Administration on where the airplane came from and its type. The operation ended after about five hours, he said. Keating said he was pleased by the way the interagency process worked and the ease of communications among the various organizations. He said the bottom line for NORAD is: “We’re ready. In a real world event, the system responded quickly and appropriately.” |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #8 the precious prescient No war if we all join hands around the world promoting a culture of peace and tolerance by having international forums for literature against violence and the generations could stop repeating the mistakes of former generations and we could grow organic vegetables and peace out. spread the Peace... Out |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-12 20:43 |
| #7 Not even a cheetah stands a chance in a race with a grandstander when the finish line is a TV camera. It is said that even a Frenchman cannot outrun the effects of an exploding Mercedes in the GrandStand. Speed, noise, aluminum wheels, Peace. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-10-12 18:41 |
| #6 The prescient know before hand that they will misspell a word, so any misspelling is intended An insight into RantZen. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-10-12 18:37 |
| #5 Thats rite. Intentitionall. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-10-12 16:51 |
| #4 Not even a cheetah stands a chance in a race with a grandstander when the finish line is a TV camera. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-10-12 16:31 |
| #3 And they would have checked their spelling before posting to Rantburg, too. Bet. Nope. The prescient know before hand that they will misspell a word, so any misspelling is intended. |
| Posted by: NoBeards 2006-10-12 15:41 |
| #2 And they would have checked their spelling before posting to Rantburg, too. Bet. |
| Posted by: Evil Elvis 2006-10-12 13:53 |
| #1 Charles and every other moonbat knows BushRove & Co. should have ESP, just like they do. I mean, a major league pitcher driving his plane into a NYC aprtment building, well damn. John freaking Scary or Algore would have known before it happened and they wpuld have handled it smarter. Not dumber. |
| Posted by: Evil Elvis 2006-10-12 13:52 |