 Verfasst am: 05. Sep 2022 07:34 Titel: US man charged after threat to fly plane into Walmart |
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| US man charged after threat to fly plane into Walmart A US man who stole a small aeroplane and threatened to fly it into a Walmart shop has been charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats. โปรโมชั่น SLOTXO Play-through And sometimes we can choose a game that other people are playing or someone else to play with us, so it's like a win. The man - named by police as Cory Wayne Patterson - was arrested after landing in a field, having circled near Tupelo, Mississippi, for hours. The Walmart was evacuated while police spoke to him in mid-air. The suspect worked at the local airport but was not believed to hold a pilot's licence, the city's police said. However, he is known to have received some flight instruction. Mr Patterson is alleged to have stolen the Beechcraft King Air twin-engine aircraft shortly after 05:00 local time (10:00 GMT) before taking to the skies. The small utility craft is capable of seating 10-11 people. Shortly after taking control of the plane, the suspect phoned 911, saying he was planning to fly into a branch of Walmart. The threat prompted an evacuation of the building and other nearby shops as officers warned of a "dangerous situation". John Quaka, the local chief of police, said negotiators managed to persuade Mr Patterson to safely land at the airport - a manoeuvre of which he had no experience - but that he then aborted this plan. No details of the negotiators' conversation with the suspect, or his possible motives, have yet been made public. Just after 09:30, he posted an update on Facebook which "in essence [...] said goodbye", Chief Quaka added in his news conference. Flight-trackers monitored the plane as it charted an erratic course above the city and in the wider area. Soon afterwards, a live stream by a reporter of local television station WTVA showed the aircraft sitting stationary in a field. |
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