Unfolded in the skies all the way down the eastern seaboard, out over the ocean across cuba before ending in jamaica as a privately owned plane, a t turboprop aircraft with a veteran pilot at the controls who was unresponsive. Radar systems lit up along the flight route. Fighter jets were scrambled. They reported back they could see the pilot slumped over and it became then a matter of waiting for it to run out of fuel and fall from the sky. Its where we begin tonight. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us and followed this story all day. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi, brian. Thats what happened. At the controls a prominent rochester Real Estate Developer and his wife, larry glazer. It was 8 25 a. M. When this sevenseat business passenger plane left rochester, new york, headed for naples, florida. On board larry glazer, a rochester Real Estate Developer and his wife, jane. Their plane, a brandnew 2014 sacata tbm 900. He reported a problem on board. Glazer requested permission to de
Rescue operation essentially saved bergdahls life. U. S. Special forces recovered him yesterday in a swap negotiated by the government of qatar in exchange five Guantanamo Bay detainees were released. Now, the whole state of idaho is celebrating, but no city is happier than Sergeant Bergdahls hometown of hailey, idaho. And nick valencia is on his way to his hometown right now. Nick, youre on the phone with us. Youve talked to a close family friend who is there waiting for him to come home. What have you heard . Reporter dana, we actually just got to hailey right now, and were driving down main street. And every tree along main street has a Yellow Ribbon or balloons to commemorate their hometown hero, Bowe Bergdahl, who was just released from captivity after nearly five years. Were looking at signs right now that say bowe is free at last with a picture of the Army Sergeant. It is an emotional day here, especially for those who have committed themselves to keeping this story in the media
For several hours today a drama unfolded in the skies all the way down the eastern seaboard, out over the ocean across cuba before ending in jamaica as a privately owned plane, a turboprop aircraft with a veteran pilot at the controls who was unresponsive. Radar systems lit up along the flight route. Fighter jets were scrambled. They reported back they could see the pilot slumped over and it became then a matter of waiting for it to run out of fuel and fall from the sky. Its where we begin tonight. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us and followed this story all day. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi, brian. Thats what happened. At the controls a prominent rochester Real Estate Developer and his wife, larry and jane glazer. He last communicated with controllers just after 10 00 a. M. It was 8 25 a. M. When this sevenseat business passenger plane left rochester, new york, headed for naples, florida. 215. On board larry glazer, a rochester Real Estate Developer and his wife, jane. Their
florida. meanwhile, we are monitoring the pentagon briefing which is coming after the u.s. military quietly left the largest base in afghanistan last night, and the withdrawal from the bagram military base is going to leave the military operations, and it is coming weeks before the withdrawal deadline set by president biden and a deadline that president biden defended earlier today. look, we were in that war for 20 years. 20 years. and i think that i met with the afghan government here in the white house in the oval, and they have the capacity to sustain the government. our pentagon correspondent richard engel has the latest. reporter: with the troops clearing out of bagram without celebrations or fanfare, and the u.s. is shutting down the longest war extremely quietly and not announcing how or when the troops are leaving for their