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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 ....
Breathing a sigh of relief. you provided a public service there by putting that out so peek knew exactly where the plane was. and you ve got a lot of people, sometimes you could see that there were house and things and he was flying very, very low at some point. so i m sure people could hear it. if they were to come outside or even inside of their homes. can i ask you about whether or not you were able to hear the press conference that just occurred? yes, ma am. i heard a bit of it on the phone as i was waiting to speak with you and as chief said, mr. patterson now in custody and everybody that i ve spoken with so far, i mean, like i said, just a sigh of relief. we re just so happy that this has turned out the way it has. and there were no injuries that we are aware of. i think he said the plane is in tact. i m sitting here looking at it. it is in tact and sitting here. is looks as though he set the plane down. this could have been a fiery crash and no telling what would have happe ....
Before. at approximately 5:23 a.m., patterson from the eric called lee county 911 to tell them that he is going to crash this aircraft into the west main walmart in tupelo, mississippi. soon there after, tupelo police department and fire department evacuated the walmart and the surrounding areas. we were assisted by lee county s.o. numerous major streets in tupelo were shut down to help save lives during this critical incident. negotiators made contact with the pilot and were able to convince him to not carry out this deed and to land the aircraft at tupelo airport. the pilot did not have experience to land an aircraft. a private pilot assisted us in helping this pilot complete this. however, it was not completed. ....
I know he has a little bit more details as far as the law enforcement perspective. but thank you very much. hey, good morning. i m john clocker with the tupelo police department. i have for you today a short bullet point chronological list of events of what we know to this point. it is an ongoing investigation. and we will learn more later, at another date. at 5:08 this morning cory wayne pa patterson stole a beechcraft king air c-90 and took off from the tupelo airport today. we do know patterson has some flight instruction. we do not believe he is a licensed pilot. that is still ongoing to discover this. he is an employee of tupelo aviation and has been for ten years so he has access to these aircraft. he is a lineman for tupelo aviation which means he fuels the aircraft. he do know that that aircraft was fully fueled the night ....
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