[Ragtime Cowgirl]

As far as our military jets scrambling to intersect or shoot down this plane, I haven't heard anyone mention the speed of the plane at take off. I think it's around 200 MPH, so if the crash site was 5 miles away, as MSNBC reported, the plane was only in the air ~1/40th of an hour, less than 2 minutes before the crash. No plane could get there fast enough to make any difference.

[Blueflag]

You're right . Earlier report on FoxNews from Pentagon said military aircraft were scrambled to the scene AFTER the impact as part of SOP. Also, earlier reports indicated plane went down just about 2 minutes after wheels up.