Re: I wonder if...
This is what confuses me - you'd have thought that a combination of standard issue eyeballs and various tech at an airport (plus any gadgetry that has been brought in over the last 24h) would be able to spot where it was coming down. Even if the operator is moving around, it's got to be fairly easy to track.
Failing that, stick a helicopter up next to it and make the operator abandon it or show their location.