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Hijacker Who Threatened to Crash US Plane -Arrested
Hijacker Who Threatened to Crash Plane Into Supermarket Arrested
Pilot who threatened to crash plane into Walmart in Mississippi identified & charged
A plane hijacker who had threatened to crash his aircraft into a supermarket below has been arrested by local sheriffs amid claims the pilot had written a farewell message on his Facebook page.
BBC News 4 Sept 2022
TUPELO, Miss. — Officials in Mississippi evacuated a Walmart on Saturday morning after a pilot circled a store in Tupelo and threatened to crash a stolen plane into the store, authorities said. The pilot was taken into custody after landing the aircraft shortly before noon.
According to the Tupelo Police Department, the department was notified about 5 a.m. CDT via a 911 call that a pilot of a small airplane was flying over Tupelo, WHBQ-TV reported.
Update 1:43 p.m. EDT Sept. 3: Cory Patterson, the man accused of threatening to crash a plane into a Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, works for Tupelo Aviation at the Tupelo Regional Airport, WTVA reported. Quaka said that Patterson had access to planes.
Negotiators made contact with Patterson and convinced him to land at an airport, according to the television station. However, Patterson told officials he did not know how to land the aircraft.
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