“North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command had earlier launched fighter aircraft based in Texas and Louisiana to make visual contact with the single-engine plane that had failed to land in Texas after having taken off from Oklahoma City earlier in the day.”
Uhmmmm...yeah...that’s normal. Best to send fighter aircraft after those little prop things if you can’t find one....
http://abcnews.go.com/US/coast-guard-searching-plane-believed-crashed-gulf-mexico/story?id=52131431
Fighter jets can chase down all those pesky aircraft with props or jet engines.