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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 ....
several hours. you can see it on screen. you can see the unpredictable path, very unsettling for local authorities in the area. the suspect was taken into custody some five hours later. nadia romero has been tracking this all day for us. also with us is cnn transportation analyst mary sciavo. what are we learning about the suspect and how all of this came to an end? and thank goodness it did, nadia. reporter: thank goodness it came to the end it did, jim. that s what we re hearing from the mayor of tupelo. saying he was woken up early this morning by police and fire and he said usually when he gets those calls it s always something bad so he feared the worst, that this pilot would go through with his initial threat, the threat he made was he was going to take that stolen aircraft and crash it into a walmart there in tupelo. that s when authorities evacuated the walmart, they blocked off the streets nearby just awaiting that threat to play out. we know it did not. we k ....
charles. charles: sigh of relief authorities confirmed that the suspect landed the plane in highway 4 in mississippi, for reference about 3 hours north of state capital johnson. authorities say suspect was taken into custody without incident, whether or not he was injured in la landing is unclear right now. we have been call to go local hospitals to see if the suspect was sane for any treatment of any kind. faa is investigating. a spokesperson for the agency released a statement to fox news saying, quote, a air 90 landed in a field several miles northwest of ripley airport in ripley, mississippi, the pilot departed from regional airport earlier this morning and circled the area, only the pilot was on board. the police have not identified the suspect just yet so we will not give a name because we have not confirmed it but there are unconfirmed reports that the alleged suspect saying that he was sorry and never want today hurt anyone and goes onto write that he loves his ....
seven charles watson is in jackson mississippi with the latest on this, charles. hey afternoon guys. the suspect has been identified as cory patterson. please say he s facing grand larceny charges in charges of making terroristic threats with federal charges pending in connection to that plane and police that he stole and threatened to crash into a walmart. not just a short time ago we heard from tupelo police chief who tells us he is a ten year employee of tupelo aviation where he fuels the planes. police are not sure whether or not patterson had a license to pilot. but they do believe he has at least some flight experience that made it possible for him to not only possibly fueled the aircraft but to steal it and fly through as long as he did. now, you can imagine it was concerning for police when he started getting calls early this morning with people reporting a small plane flying at a low altitude. it was circling the walmart. 5:23 a.m. central time police a patte ....
draws to a close this labor day weekend millions of americans are traveling heading to the beaches and getting ready to head back to school. we ll talk with dr. marc siegel about how pandemic learning loss might affect students on this new school year. but, we begin tonight in mississippi were in aviation worker faces several charges after stealing an airplane according to police and threatening to crash it into a walmart. charles watson is live in jackson, mississippi with the latest on that, charles. good evening jon boehner the name of the aviation worker he is cory patterson. at this point police say he is charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats. he stole and threatened to crash into a walmart in tupelo, mississippi. refer to police chief there who tells us patterson is a ten year employee of tupelo aviation where he fuels planes. police are not sure at this point if he is in fact a licensed pilot. but they do believe patterson has at least some ....