U.S. military scrambles jets to track airplane before it crashes Posted byadmin July 31, 2009 The U.S. military scrambled fighter jets to track a single-engine airplane that flew more than 300 miles past its scheduled destination before crashing in rural West Virginia on Thursday night, the U.S. Northern Command said. Related posts: FAA relents, will open database on airplane-bird collisions to public Newly opened database shows airplane bird strikes not rare Why You Can’t Track Your Stolen GPS Man killed in D.C. Metro crash ordered jets above Capitol on 9/11 Asian markets track Wall Street losses