[Scan-DC] scramble--is this why?

[Andrew Leyden]

Or maybe the pilots were just trying to get away....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13083-2003Jan19.html

Smallpox Scare Hits Base Hospital
Chickenpox Closes Andrews Emergency Room for 2 Hours

Part of the hospital at Andrews Air Force Base was quarantined for more=20=

than two hours last night after a patient arrived with symptoms=20
resembling smallpox, Air Force officials said.

The patient, who came to the Malcolm Grow Medical Center emergency=20
room, was eventually found to have a severe case of chickenpox after a=20=

specialist from Walter Reed Army Medical Center was sent to the=20
hospital, Andrews officials said.






On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 11:07 PM, Andrew Leyden wrote:

> Student pilot lands at home of Air Force One
> =A0=A0
>
> ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE=A0=A0=A0=A0 An apparently lost student pilot =
trying to=20
> reach a civilian airport about 10 miles away landed his helicopter at=20=

> Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday,=A0 .
>
> A statement from the 89th Airlift Wing, which manages the presidential=20=

> fleet, said the unauthorized landing occurred at about 5 p.m. and was=20=

> met immediately by security personnel.
>
> Initial indications are that the pilot, who carried a Swiss passport=20=

> and other identification, was lost and was attempting to land at=20
> Indian Head Airport, seven to 10 miles from Andrews, the statement=20
> said.
>
> However, the FBI and Air Force Office of Special Investigations were=20=

> called in to launch an investigation.
>
> The statement said the pilot and his aircraft remained at Andrews=20
> several hours after the incident. There was no indication what would=20=

> happen to the pilot or his aircraft, or when.=A0
> =A0
>
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