Pilot threatening to crash small airplane into Walmart in Mississippi
A pilot flying over Tupelo, Miss., has threatened to intentionally crash into a Walmart location in the city, police said.
The northeastern Mississippi city’s police department said in a Facebook post on Saturday that police were notified the pilot was flying over Tupelo around 5:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time. The pilot contacted E911, an enhanced 911 system that shows a caller’s location to dispatchers, when he threatened to crash into the Walmart, the department said.
The post states the airplane may be a King Air type, a two-engine utility aircraft.
The Tupelo Police Department has worked with the Walmart and a local Dodge’s, a convenience store, to evacuate the stores and disperse people “as much as practical.” Police have also been directly speaking with the pilot.
The department is asking civilians to avoid the area until an “all clear” is given. It said in the post that the area in danger is much larger than just Tupelo given the mobility of the airplane.
Police said more information would be made available when appropriate.
A video reportedly of the plane has circulated on Twitter, appearing to show it flying relatively low to the ground.
Source: TEST FEED1
