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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 wa...

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 t...