In a rare sight (rare as in, it never really happens unless something bad is going down), low-flying military aircraft were spotted circling Manhattan Tuesday afternoon without advance notice, and NYPD claimed they didn’t know why.
I can't be the only person who just saw a low flying plane make a sharp right turn over Queens back to manhattan
— Emily (@WhatLikeItsHard) December 13, 2016
We are watching a C-138 military plane circle over Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/VEhpdySA82
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) December 13, 2016
(Ulanoff is the Chief Correspondent and Editor-at-Large of Mashable.)
Seeing multiple reports of a USAF C-130 and several Black Hawk helicopters circling low (3,000 feet) over Manhattan.
No, that is not normal pic.twitter.com/DaFByrAX3O
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) December 13, 2016
USAF aircraft callsign “KING” listed as “SAR (search and rescue) aircraft not on mission.”
So very strange. https://t.co/y2Jl5lSQAz
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) December 13, 2016
The C-130 belongs to the 102nd Rescue Squadron of the New York Air National Guard.
Not normal activity, but it has already departed NYC. https://t.co/y2Jl5lSQAz
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) December 13, 2016
This plane that's been circling over manhattan is starting to freak me out. pic.twitter.com/L1EcBYOgpr
— jon rubino (@J__R_____) December 13, 2016
and now some helicopters circling also. Wtf
— jon rubino (@J__R_____) December 13, 2016
just saw it too pic.twitter.com/VdZhi15uwM
— Maииy Mo (@718bk) December 13, 2016
Apparently these craft did a lot of laps:
https://twitter.com/UseCommon/status/808783277612040196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And no advance notice:
Almost all flyovers, military, commercial, or otherwise, have a lot of advance notice from @NotifyNYC.
This one did not. https://t.co/hjFuofxe2B
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) December 13, 2016
When Deputy News Director at BuzzFeed Tom Namako asked the NYPD about it, they said they didn’t know why military aircraft were circling Manhattan.
https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/808782171829891072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
hearing that the NYPD doesn't know why there's a plane circling Manhattan is not exactly relaxing
— nina sabak + mothman sitting in a tree (@ninasabak) December 13, 2016
After enough startled people raised enough questions, the FAA put out a one-line “non-statement” saying the flights were authorized:
And here's the statement from the FAA pic.twitter.com/yYbFYU5cEY
— Mary Ann Georgantopoulos (@marygeorgant) December 13, 2016
What do you really think was going on? Seems like a strange time for a drill… and no one has admitted it was a drill (which NYPD would surely be notified of), just that the flights were “authorized”.
But why? We are usually notified of approved flyovers.
— I am a real human in Brooklyn (@Brooklynwatch) December 13, 2016
i thought they told Emergency agencies in nyc way ahead of time
— Lanna (@Lannatexasgal) December 13, 2016
@BuzzFeedNews funny how I don't believe that
— Orange Mc Fucker Has To Go😡 (@emmef) December 13, 2016
Apparently everyone including the NYPD is on a “need-to-know” basis with this, and it has been determined that most of us do not need to know.
(H/T: Mediaite)
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