(Reuters) - An airline pilot tuned into the wrong radio frequency and lost contact as the plane approached Washington on Saturday, authorities said, prompting an evacuation of the U.S. Capitol building and scrambling of military fighter jets.
Every single politician is a servant of the people.
There are many higher value targets in the U.S.
Lost comm is inevitable and will happen again.
Failure to perform proper lost comm procedures is inevitable and will happen again.
No politician or government entity in their right mind wants to be fingered for any shoot-down of a civilian aircraft filled with innocent passengers (yielding angry survivors) because the politicos valued their power and behinds over the lives of the passengers.
Given all of the above, and the specific details that have been reported, and the hubris of those in charge, more evacuations are inevitable and will happen again.
