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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...

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,...

from as msnbc world headquarters, welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news as we await a news conference from police in mississippi where a pilot is now in custody after threatening to crash his plane into a walmart. he circled the skies for hours and instead landed in a field in north mississippi. the faa says only the pilot was on board, no word yet confirming his identity. it started early today after the pilot took off from to pull a regional airport. the police got word that the pilot intended to crash intentionally, the walmart was closed. that plane flew hapha...

tupelo mississippi where the sheriff's office says a man is in custody after spinning a twin turbo propeller airplane and threatening to crash it into a local walmart, triggering an evacuation. nbc's covering the story. bring us up to date as to what we know so far, and how it is this guy managed to meant steal the plane in the first place. >> you know, as, minimal start with the most important thing. incredibly, there were no injuries at the end of this. which is really unbelievable when you consider the fact that for the better part of five hours he had an airplane that was circlin...

Shut down to help save lives during this critical time. negotiators from tupelo police departments made contact with the contact and were able to convince him to not carry out this deed and to land the aircraft at the tupelo airport. the pilot did not have experience to land an air craft. a private pilot assisted us in helping this pilot complete this. however, it was not completed. upon final approach, the pilot aborted the landing and traveled in a northwest direction away from tupelo towards union, to pay, and benton county. at this time we contacted all of those counties and their sheriffs...