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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 haphazardly for hours before coming down in the field where police swarmed it and made the arrest. here s our affiliate as that drama unfolded. we have been able to confirm, we have at least confirmed to us that it has crashed, that does not mean they reach the crash location. one of the difficult things about figuring out something like that is just how fast the plane was moving. at its lowe ....
Alex, i m a little bit suspicious about the fact that he said he could not land the plane, that he has never landed a plane. it seems to me that he had some aviation experience. in fact, public records indicate that he had a student pilot certificate back in 2013. what he has done between 2013 and now, we don t know. just to be able to, again, fire up both of those engines, it is a complex checklist procedure. he was able to take off and then maneuver. he was able to communicate with his family, a negotiator, he is doing this while he is flying. he is also landing the airplane without much damage as far as i can see. there is something very suspicious there. i think he had more aviation experience than people give him credit for. meantime while, jeff, thank you so much for getting us through this story. what a story in tupelo, mississippi. all of us are sharing it with all of you across the country. ....