( CNN ) -- The White House indicated Wednesday that a report and a photo from the controversial low-altitude New York flyover by a 747 plane used as Air Force One could be released soon . A 911 caller on the day of the flyover said , `` There 's a plane falling . There is a big aircraft falling like 9/11 . '' Earlier , White House officials had said that there were no plans to release photos to the public . But the tone seemed to change on Wednesday . `` The report , I believe , will be concluded at some point this week . We 'll release its findings and release a photo , '' White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said during his daily press briefing . The review , led by Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina , will focus on `` why that decision was made and to ensure that it never happens again , '' Gibbs said . The flyover , officials said , was a training mission -- it was also a government-sanctioned photo shoot . Military officials also estimate that the mission and the photo shoot , aimed at updating file photos of Air Force One -- cost $ 328,835 in taxpayer money . But they said `` the hours would have been flown regardless , and the expenses would have been accrued on a different mission . '' The photo shoot , which President Obama said he was `` furious '' with , happened on April 27 . The image of a low-flying plane accompanied by an F-16 fighter jet sent some New Yorkers into the streets and into a panic -- reminding them of the tragic 9/11 attacks on the city . Building evacuations also took place across the Hudson River in Jersey City , New Jersey . Read more of Obama 's reaction . White House Military Office Director Louis Caldera later apologized for the flyover . Witnesses reported seeing the plane circle over the Upper New York Bay near the Statue of Liberty before flying up the Hudson River . Watch the plane fly over Manhattan » . A YouTube video showed people standing in a parking lot , watching the plane approach . As it nears , they begin to run . `` Run , run ! '' said one person . `` Oh my God , '' cried another . A 911 call , released later by the Hudson County Sheriff 's Department in New Jersey , illustrated the fear and panic felt by residents since the 9/11 attacks . `` There 's a plane falling . There is a big aircraft falling like 9/11 , '' a man says to the operator . `` Everybody is running and people are crying and panicking . '' CNN iReporter Tom Kruk , who saw the plane and took a photo , called the sight of the aircraft low in the sky `` unsettling . '' Mayor Michael Bloomberg was visibly angry last week . `` I 'm annoyed -- furious is a better word -- that I was n't told , '' he said , adding that the decision by the White House Military Office and Federal Aviation Administration to withhold details about the flight were `` ridiculous '' and `` poor judgment . '' But according to Air Force Capt . Anna Carpenter , local law enforcement agencies and the FAA had been notified of the exercise . New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne confirmed that department had been alerted about the flight `` with directives to local authorities not to disclose information about it . '' That decision riled local media . `` Given that we are not big on reminders of 9/11 , we could have done without the whole thing . But the FAA outdunced itself by asking the NYPD to keep the photo op a secret , as if no one would look up and say , 'What the hell ? ' `` the New York Daily News said on April 28 . The New York Post , in its editorial on the same day , said : `` The FAA had long preferred to keep passengers ignorant of these dangers . Better to have people panic , it seems , at the sudden sight of low-flying aircraft over Lower Manhattan . ... Someone needs to straighten out these folks -- quick . '' The controversy had some questioning President Obama 's declaration of a new era of openness , who on January 21 , said : `` The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people , then it should not be disclosed . That era is now over . '' So why , exactly , did n't that initially apply to the photos ? An advocate for government disclosure said it should , and that it 's `` silly '' and `` absurd '' to withhold them . Watch more on the photo flap » . `` These are public records because they were done on government time , with government resources , and government personnel , '' said Patrice McDermott of openthegovernment.org . In New York , news that the photos might not be released reignited public outrage over the incident . `` It does n't seem right , '' said Kurt Wallin from New Jersey . `` If we spent the money to have these photos taken , they should be available for the public to see . '' Emily Ritter from Park City , Utah , added : `` I feel like maybe they 're covering it up because it 's been seen in a bad light already ... maybe they are still worried about their image and do n't want to be seen in a bad light . '' CNN Homeland Security Correspondent Jeanne Meserve contributed to this report .
NEW : This means the product will ship as received by the manufacturer, sealed, with all advertised components, and with the manufacturer warranty. A plane used as Air Force One was taking part in official photo shoot , FAA says . The controversial flyover cost taxpayers $ 328,000 and has riled politicians , public .