Low-Flying Planes Trigger New York Scare (Video)

Posted by Chris Monty on April 28th 2009 Filed Under: Hot Topix, Media

Right around 10am yesterday morning, many New York residents got a good scare when low-flying aircraft buzzed some local high-rises for what officials are calling a "photo-opportunity."

As has been the case several times over the past few months, the news broke via Twitter.

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Soon, reporters were getting on board and people were calling the FAA looking for answers. You see, these weren't just any aircraft flying over New York, these were F-16 fighter jets escorting a 747 jumbo jet from the Air Force One fleet away from the Statue of Liberty.

The tweets kept on coming...

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Before long, full-blown panic filled the air.

Even the stock market (which is, of course, headquartered in New York) took a dive shortly after 10am...

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From Twitter, to news outlets, to the New York Stock Exchange - all within about 4 minutes. Fascinating.

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Was there really cause for alarm? Officials say that this was a "photo opp", but as Duncan points out over at The Inquisitr, these look a lot like emergency preparedness maneuvers to me. Take a look and decide for yourself...