Agencies
Mississippi, September 03:
A plane in Mississippi has been hijacked with the pilot threatening to intentionally crash into a Walmart supermarket.
Police have helped Walmart and Dodges car dealership to evacuate their stores in Tupelo, northeast Mississippi, as they have warned the situation could rapidly get worse.
“Citizens are asked to avoid that area until an all clear is given. With the mobility of an aeroplane of that type the danger zone is much larger than even Tupelo,” the police department said in a statement.
Authorities said that they were first alerted at 5 am (10 am UK time) of an errant pilot flying a plane over Tupelo.
They said the pilot called 911 and threatened to intentionally crash into Wal-Mart on West Main.
A video posted on Twitter shows the plane flying erratically in circles over homes and businesses.
The Twitter user who posted a video of the plane alleged: “Currently we have a 29yr old who stole this plane & is threatening to crash it into something.”
Flight Aware have said the aircraft is a Beechcraft King Aire 90 owned by Southeast Aviation LLC.
