story to tell. at one point a suicidal pilot turned into a successful pilot who made an emergency landing. the big questions here are how he was able to really do all of this. we know that cory wayne patterson had access to planes as part of his job. he worked at tupelo aviation, which is the fixed base operator there at the tupelo regional airport, where he fueled planes for a living. so the area is relatively secure, relatively sterile. you would need to use a pass card to get out on the ramp or someone buzzes you through, there s a fence. the question is how he was able to start the airplane in the first place, not necessarily an easy task, although police do say patterson did have a bit of previous flying experience, they re just not totally sure how much just yet. all good information there, and we should again mention there was a real threat at the very beginning of this with someone in the sky saying they were going to crash it by a walmart, and then staying in the air for hou