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Transcripts For CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 20240707

gravestown, mississippi. around 10:00 a.m. local time. int not all that far from where it took off around 5:00 a.m. this morning. you could see a beechcraft, a twin engine commuter, seats about six or eight people and we know from authorities in tupelo that this plane was stolen by what appears to be an airport employee. police received a call around 5:00 a.m. central daylight time where the pilot of that plane, actually we don t know if it is way pilot. but the person flying that airplane called 911 and said they were going to steal the airplane and crash it into one of the local walmarts in tupelo. the plane circled for about five hours above the area. not only above that walmart, but also above nearby neighborhoods and also over a nearby national forest. what is going to be the big question here is what ultimately brought the plane down. i spoke to folks who have flown this type of airline and they say it holds between four to six hours of fuel when it is loaded so t ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 20240604 17:05:00

Was on board the airplane. we know it was only one person on board. we re still trying to confirm exactly who this person is. what their motives were. and whether or not they had any previous flying experience. based on what i could tell you as a pilot and a flight administrator, this person may have had some previous flight experience that they knew where to go. they knew how to get into a king air like this and they knew how to start the engines or at least have the presence of mind or the intent to look at a checklist or an operating manual or pull up a video on youtube, to figure out how to start an airplane like this. king airs like this, typically do not have keys. at least not for the ignition. you press the ignition button and you add in a little bit of fuel and then it is off to the races. so somebody with some decent flying ability, accident ....

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