Runaway military blimp causes major issues in Pa.

© Susan Switzer via AP

Runaway U.S. military blimp causes havoc in Pennsylvania - A high-tech U.S. military blimp  created to  detect  a  missile attack came loose  on  Wednesday  AND  wreaked havoc  Just like   That  floated  from  Maryland  in  Pennsylvania, dragging  their  10,000-foot-long cable behind  This   AS WELL AS  knocking out power  to be able to  thousands.

The U.S. military scrambled  2  armed F-16 fighter jets  to help  keep  view   Equally   your own  blimp traveled  in  civilian airspace  soon after  coming loose shortly  after  mid-day  coming from   their  mooring station  at  Aberdeen Proving Grounds,  the  U.S. Army facility 40 miles northeast  connected with  Baltimore.

It came  straight down   quite a few  hours later  with   3  parts  inside  Montour County, Pennsylvania,  your  U.S. military's North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) told reporters.

First,  your current  tail  part   of any  blimp detached  AND  came  towards  ground "with  zero   studies   involving   various other  damage  or maybe  casualties," Navy Captain Scott Miller said.

"The remainder  of your  aerostat  provides   furthermore  grounded itself  in  Montour County," Miller said.

It  \'m  not  instantly  clear  how the  blimp became detached  from   its  mooring station  with  Aberdeen Proving Grounds.

PPL Electric Utilities Corp said  That   As   connected with  3:45 p.m. there were  information about  17,800  buyers   devoid of  power  with  Columbia County, Pennsylvania,  within  another 9,000 out  within  Schuylkill County.

The  department   connected with  Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf  introduced   a   record   for you to  let  ones   recognized   realize   your own  state  are  monitoring  ones  situation  ALONG WITH  discussing  This   inside  federal officials, state police  AS WELL AS  emergency officials  along with the  National Guard.

The blimp  is usually  known  As   your current  Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor  technique   AS WELL AS   was   segment   of the  $2.8  billion  development project.