Plane safely lands after pilot threatened to crash into Mississippi Walmart

September 3 The pilot of a small plane who threatened to intentionally crash into a Walmart in Mississippi has landed in a field, local media reported on Saturday. Earlier, the police department in Tupelo, Mississippi said they had been talking...

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Updated At : 12:37 AM Sep 04, 2022 IST

September 3

The pilot of a small plane who threatened to intentionally crash into a Walmart in Mississippi has landed in a field, local media reported on Saturday.

Earlier, the police department in Tupelo, Mississippi said they had been talking directly to the pilot and had evacuated the Walmart and a gas station.

The Daily Journal, citing multiple sources, said the plane was down in Ashland, a sparsely populated part of Mississippi, and the pilot was still alive.

An image on social media from the Starkville Daily News showed a small plane in a field.

Plane safely lands after pilot threatened to crash into Mississippi Walmart

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