Saw this breaking online and rushed over to FR get the scoop.
FR never fails to be the front runner on real news, real fast.
Why Tupelo? Maybe he’s got a crap a@@ bank after him— a Texas holding corp masquerading in Tupelo. Several of those for some reason in freaking Tupelo. Operating like a pawn shop against lower middle class desperate people
They hate Elvis fans of any color.
Tupelo— whyyy, that’s where Elvis was born!
WREG
https://wreg.com/news/pilot-circling-north-ms-threatens-to-crash-plane-into-walmart-police/
Flight path
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N342ER
Maybe it’s DB Cooper?...
Hes still in the air Been 5+ hours
Hes at 900 feet and they say he has less than 1/2 hour of gas left ...
Employee of the airport where he stole the plane ...
BFL. Prayers that no one (besides the dope in the plane) gets hurt.
Sure are a lot of crazies on the loose these days. Wonder what the Common Denominator is?
*SMIRK*
Splash one beechcraft...
Good practice for our new battlefield lasers?
JUST IN VIDEO
Plane that threatened to crash into Walmart in Tupelo, MS has landed.
https://rumble.com/v1ihtcz-plane-that-threatened-to-crash-into-walmart-in-tupelo-ms-has-landed..html
I think he is down, flight aware shows a stop at 10:07
WTVA report
Plane is down in a rural area field.
Local reporter video shows no sign of smoke.
Reporter says it looks like it landed normally.
The pilot’s name is Cory Patterson.
WTVA reporting that another reporter confirms from police sources that pilot is in custody, alive.
“Does he have a chute?”
To my knowledge, he couldn’t get the door open to get out, anyway. King Air 90’s cannot open the door due to cabin pressure stablization. These aircraft control their cabin pressure via an outflow valve. This valve helps keep the incoming air inside the cabin and then releases it at a rate that is regulated by pressure controllers. Basically, the door is sealed against the aircraft frame.
Besides, if this guy can pilot a King Air, he has had training to do so as they are not a Cessna and are not easy to pilot. Takes training and practice. He knows that trying to get the door open even if he can set the autopilot to hold trim, he’s in it for the duration of the flight, one way or another.
wy69
FF
Not QUITE the F15 that Biden was recommending, but closer.
It's not like this plane can take out all of the greater Tupelo area.
Do they do the same for roads when a possible drunk driver or speeder is spotted?
Crazy!