from as msnbc world headquarters, welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news as we await a news conference from police in mississippi where a pilot is now in custody after threatening to crash his plane into a walmart. he circled the skies for hours and instead landed in a field in north mississippi. the faa says only the pilot was on board, no word yet confirming his identity. it started early today after the pilot took off from to pull a regional airport. the police got word that the pilot intended to crash intentionally, the walmart was closed. that plane flew haphazardly for hours before coming down in the field where police swarmed it and made the arrest. here s our affiliate as that drama unfolded. we have been able to confirm, we have at least confirmed to us that it has crashed, that does not mean they reach the crash location. one of the difficult things about figuring out something like that is just how fast the plane was moving. at its lowest poi
An Iowa man was charged in federal court after screaming about God and demons, attempting to open the cabin doors of a plane before takeoff at Omaha's Eppley Airfield.
An Iowa man was charged in federal court after screaming about God and demons, attempting to open the cabin doors of a plane before takeoff at Omaha's Eppley Airfield.
in that area. a pilots responsibility is to see and avoid, but there is no requirement to communicate when you re outside of controlled airspace, like this pilot was. we spoke last hour if this was becoming resolved. i find it interesting that a plane could be stolen, which is what we believe happened in the first place. how does that even happen in an airport? well, apparently this pilot was an airport employee. somehow you got access to be able to get inside the airport perimeter at tupelo. then once you re inside, then it s a matter of unlocking the cabin doors to get into the airplane. whether it be breaking a window to get the door open, but once here in the cockpit, you re in the cockpit. it takes some skill to be able to spool up to turban powered
tonight, authorities are investigating the report of a small plane shot while landing in massachusetts. the fuel tank ruptured. the pilots say the plane was struck by that bullet while approaching the airport. a .22-caliber bullet was recovered. it apparently went through the wing and into the tank. the student and instructor 500 feet up at the time. tonight, delta airlines is changing how it pays its flight attendants. della will become the first u.s. airline to actually pay flight attendants for working during the boarding process. they didn t do this before. they usually are not considered on the clock until the cabin doors are closed, meaning they are not being paid while passengers are actually getting on the plane. they will now receive 50% of their hourly pay before the doors close. it comes as some flight attendants have been discussing ewonizing. when we come back here tonight, the major new you headline about aspirin for