How close was the fourth plane to the commercial aircraft?
The information we have right now is that the commercial aircraft was at 19,000 feet under Washington Center control. And the information we have on our fourth aircraft is that he was at 17,500 feet, descending, and so well below the airliner. Q: Can you tell us what you know about the incident Wednesday off the New Jersey coast, and whether or not the information you have right now calls into question the actions of either the controllers, civilian or military, or the pilots? A: I’ll tell you what I know about the incident off the East Coast at the present time, and I’d like to stress that this is under investigation. Both of these incidents will be investigated. We will find out what happened, and we will find out if we need to take any action as a result of what happened. The incident on the East Coast, as we know it, was a flight of two F-16s out of Atlantic City, New Jersey. They were cleared into their training area which is Warning Area 107, which is East of Atlantic City, New J
