Nightly News | September 09, 2010
Errant drone near DC almost met by fighter jets
U.S. fighter jets were nearly launched last month to shoot down a Navy drone that had gone astray near the nation's capitol. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor (New Orleans): We also learned today US fighter jets were nearly launched last month to shoot down an unmanned Navy drone that had gone astray in the airspace near the nation's capital. The admiral in charge of the northern command said he was in the operations center when controllers lost contact with the drone on radar and it flew into restricted airspace. Just as the fighter aircraft were about to launch, apparently the Navy managed to reprogram the drone and bring it back.