Tupelo. The pilot who threatened to hit a Walmart store when a small plane was circling Tupelo, Mississippi, has been taken into custody after the plane landed safely. Governor Tate Reeve gave this information on Saturday. “The situation has been resolved and no one has been injured,” he announced on Twitter.
Governor Tate Reeve said a pilot circled the stolen plane for hours in Tupelo, a city in northeastern Mississippi, and threatened to “deliberately crash” a Walmart store. Reeve said the pilot was taken into custody after the plane landed safely.
VIDEO: Pilot threatens to crash plane into shopping outlet in US
The pilot of a small plane in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States, has threatened to crash his plane into a popular shopping outlet, Walmart.
According to the police, the plane started circling pic.twitter.com/eefBOLV0g4
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Earlier, Governor Tate Reeve wrote on Twitter, ‘State law enforcement and emergency officials are closely monitoring this dangerous situation. All citizens should be alert and aware of the information provided by the Tupelo Police Department.
The Tupelo Police Department closed Walmart and a nearby store as a security concern after the pilot threatened to crash the plane into a Walmart store. Local police said the plane started circling around 5 a.m. on Saturday and remained in the air for more than three hours.
Police said they contacted the pilot directly after Store threatened to crash the plane. He asked the citizens to stay away from the area till everything was cleared. Police said the danger zone from such planes is much larger than that of Tupelo.
Law enforcement agencies told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the plane had taken off from the airspace around Tupelo and was flying near a Toyota manufacturing plant in nearby Blue Springs.
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First published: September 03, 2022, 22:51 IST