Pilot who threatened to crash plane into Mississippi Walmart arrested
A pilot who had threatened to crash his small plane into a Walmart store in Mississippi has landed and been taken into custody, officials said.
The plane, which had circled erratically over the city of Tupelo and a nearby area for hours, landed around 11:25 am Eastern time (1525 GMT), Connie Strickland, a dispatcher with the Benton County sheriff’s office, told AFP.
Benton County is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of Tupelo.
The authorities have not identified the pilot or released any information on possible motive.
