Red White and Blue: The true colors of the UK and her former imperial subjects

According to the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11731014), the Pentagon spokesman said:
"There is no evidence to suggest it was anything other than an aeroplane."
I'm pretty sure the Pentagon spokesman, Col David Lapan, in all his red-white-and-blue (that's the American flag, not the union jack) did not say "aeroplane." He most certainly said "airplane," like any real American.