tupelo is a relatively small airport. they probably have modest security on a saturday morning at 5:00 a.m. so, i think people take a look at that. >> you know, pete, i would like to go back to you, because you said the pilot is in custody. it is pretty incredible to see the plane is in tact for the most part. have with you learned anything more about this person, whether or not they indeed a pilot or just someone who is perhaps learning to fly and took this plane? >> reporter: we're digging in on the identity of the person who was on board the airplane. we know it was only one person on board. we're still trying to confirm exactly who this person is. what their motives were. and whether or not they had any previous flying experience. based on what i could tell you as a pilot and a flight administrator, this person may have had some previous flight experience that they knew where to go. they knew how to get into a king air like this and they knew how to start the engines or at least have the presence of mind or the intent

and tupelo is a fairly large area in and of itself. there are three surrounding walmarts within 20 miles and retailers gravitate to where there's a population center or spread out. we're going to get an update on this, and get the read from a former supervisory agent because the story here that's the most intriguing and perhaps the most worrying is the fact that this individual stole this plane. and is doing this right now. how he did that after this. as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. learn more at getrealaboutdiabetes.com >> all right. that small plane we've been telling you

circling around tupelo, mississippi.pi governor tate reeves saying those in that area should be on alert. this is a guy who stole a plane out of the local airport and has been circling the area with a warning that he wants the crash into it a local walmart in tupelo that has since been evacuated. now, he's running out of the currency that he would use for that crash if if he were so inclined because, as our jon scott was telling us, that vehicle, that plane is rapidly running out of fuel. maybe he has about a half hour or so worth of fuel left. there's no way of mowing -- knowing, but we're keeping track of his whereabouts. he's simply circling again and again the same area. i want to get the read on this from lieutenant colonel mcginnis. he knows all things safety, it's something he has worried with about and talks about, the potential for local pressure, local terror activity. this is not a terrorist incident, i want to brace for that, but anytime you're threatening going into a building of any sort, that's terrifying

soon thereafter, tupelo police department and fire department evacuated west main walmart in tupelo andupelo police department made contact with the pilot and were able to convince him to not carry out this deed and to land the aircraft at tupelo airport. the pilot did not have experience to land an aircraft. a private pilot assisted us in helping this pilot complete this, however it was not completed. upon final approach, the pilot aborted the landing and travelled in a north—west direction, away from tupelo. at approximately 9:32am, the pilot posted on facebook a message, and in essence it said "goodbye". at this time we know he was getting close to running out of fuel. at 10:08am, faa lost radar contact with the aircraft. at 10:12am, our negotiator re—established contact with the pilot. the pilot confirmed he had landed in a field and he was uninjured. soon thereafter, the pilot was taken into custody and is in custody currently. he is being charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats. here in the uk, police in south wales have apologised for the first time to relatives

we're listening to the radio -- mayor now tupelo, mississippi. take a listen. >> or at the sheriff's office, union county, ben county sheriff's office, the police department, airport authority, lake county volunteer fire department, the fbi, united states attorney's office, the faa, homeland security, and first of all, i want to say that the situation like this -- in the situation communication was key. this morning we started finding out what we knew to the citizens and the media where they could keep everyone updated. i think that all of these organizations and departments and emergency services did a great job this morning. no one was injured. the suspect is now in custody. he will now get the help that he needs and firearms whatever he's dealing with. i can think of these organizations, can't thank them enough. at this time i'd like to bring in the fire chief to give you all the details. >> thank you, good afternoon. hey, i would like to reiterate what the mayor was saying, in terms of thanking all the agencies, coordinating all the agencies.

police in tupelo say a pilot is threatening to crash a twin-engine plane into a local walmart. cnn's aviation correspondent pete muntean is following the story from washington. pete, can you give us the latest on what we know, how long this pilot has been in the air, and what the danger is to the public at this point? >> reporter: well, sara, we know that this plane took off from the tupelo regional airport around 5:00 a.m. central time, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. we're coming up on the plane being in the air for about five hours now. the plane is a king air c-90. you can see it there, that's a small twin-engine turboprop airplane. it seats between six and eight people. it can go about 250 miles an hour. the question now is how this will end, how this story will end. will the airplane run out of fuel? we've been talking to sources who fly king airs and they tell me it can only fly for between four and six hours if the plane is fully loaded with fuel. that is the track from flighfl flightaware. you can see the plane took off from touupelo airport, circled e airport at a relati

the pilot departed from tupelo regional airport and tupelo, mississippi earlier this morning and circledpolice say they believe this was a crime of opportunity. they also tell us the federal charges are pending. as for the suspects, condition at this time lisa tell us there is no ambulance on sites. we do not believe he was taken to a hospital or that he was seriously injured in the lan landing. we are told he's currently being transported back to tupelo, mississippi where percy is facing the charges grand larceny and terroristic threats, guys. molly: charles, thank you it was pretty scary as it was all unfolding bread thanks goodness it happened the way it did. rich: more this aviation expert kyle bailey he's a pilot farmer faa team representative. kyle, thanks much for joining us. i just want to start out by asking if you know about this trip plane it's a twin while airplane. how big is this plan? what potential damage were people facing here when this man was threatening to crash it into a walmart? >> good afternoon rich. it's a very complex airplane. similar back in the '90s we took

he worked at tupelo aviation, which is the fixed base operator there at the tupelo regional airport, where he fueled planes for a living. so the area is relatively secure, relatively sterile. you would need to use a pass card to get out on the ramp or someone buzzes you through, there's a fence. the question is how he was able to start the airplane in the first place, not necessarily an easy task, although police do say patterson did have a bit of previous flying experience, they're just not totally sure how much just yet. >> all good information there, and we should again mention there was a real threat at the very beginning of this with someone in the sky saying they were going to crash it by a walmart, and then staying in the air for hours. nadia, we just heard a bit more from police, they had a lot of details that they gave out to the public. what else did they have to say? >> reporter: yes, sara, the police were talking about that initial call, hearing on 911, that cory patterson called and said he was going to crash into that walmart. authorities rushed to the walmart in tupelo

a suspect is in custody after police in tupelo, mississippi, say he took to the sky, threatening to crashnto a walmart. >> i'm elise preston in tupelo, mississippi, where authorities are calling it a potential crime of opportunity. >>> also, tonight heat and fire scorch the west. thousands evacuated in northern california as flames torched homes and cars. this as blistering heat sets records across the west. >> how hot can it get in here? is very hot. as you can feel it, this is a good 20 degrees up, then it is outside. >> the danger ahead this holiday weekend. >>> in florida today, nasa's new moon rocket grounded again. >> a recommendation of no-go for launch. >>> plus, former president trump returns to the stump for the first time since the fbi's mar-a-lago search. >>> later, uvalde strong. still grieving after the school massacre, the high school football team gives the community reason to cheer. ♪ >>> in is the "cbs weekend news." >>> good evening. adriana diaz is off. we begin with danger above, a stolen plane ominously circling the skies above northeast mississippi for hours. at the

we are told by the mayor of tupelo patterson's family was at the tupelo police department and was in contact with him while he was in the sky proved suitably convincing him to land that plane safely. the mayor said his family is very grateful that he was not injured and innocent bystanders in the area were not injured. but guys, what a close call. it's a scary situation for the folks in the tupelo area. back to you precook certainly could have ended more, charles watson thank you. rich: mission postponed again. nasa scrubs at second try of watching artemis one moon rocket. a leak in with the hydrogen tanks found hours before today's launch window open. artemis one is one of the world's most powerful rockets at nasa has ever built at least for the first mission and unwritten unmanned trial number sending astronauts back to the moon and then hopefully to mars. jon is live in florida. cracks either rich, nasa engineers discovered the leak or an 8-inch fuel line meets the exterior of the rockets. the fuel line delivers very cold liquid hydrogen fuel to the main fuel tank of the rocket. t

it is like 50 myiles or so from tupelo. and myles, there is someone that could answer questions that police now have in custody. but one of the questions is how this pilot may have taken off in the first place. and again, when we call this person a pilot, we mean the person who was piloting the plane. we don't know if they are -- officially have a pilot's license. what questions do you still have from all of this? >> first of all, let's not forget, this is possibly the best possible outcome. and we'll hear this story and figure out what happened. but it appears if he was an airport employee that, answered a big question, how did he gain access to the aircraft. he would have all of the pass cards and i.d.s required to get past all of the barriers. now one of the most complicated things about flying this particular aircraft is starting up those two turbine engines. it is a fairly complicated procedure and you have to know what you're doing to get those engines running and to get this aircraft in the air. so while he may or ma

if you look at a map, he is flying north of tupelo. the closest major city is memphis, tennessee, only a hundred miles away. that allows for a much bigger target if he's planning to intentionally crash. boris, amara? >> i just want to make a quick moat, nadia romero is actually in jackson, mississippi covering the water crisis there as a result of intense flooding. she's now covering what is being threatened in tupelo. so mad inadia romero, thank you much. let's bring back in miles o'brien. miles, the plane is said to be a king air type. give us a sense of scale, what exactly does that mean and what does it tell you about the situation? >> it's sort of a mid-sized twin-engine turboprop aircraft, favored for business aviation. dripping wet on the ramp, depending on which model it weiis, it weighs about 16,000 pounds, to give you an idea of scale. they first came out in the early '60s. there's many iterations of it, very successful, built by beechcraft which is now owned by textron. there are so many versions and models of it that it's d

and they were an employee of tupelo airport. it would be very easy to access the airplane and then just started up. i think this person would have to be a pilot, just by judging and the maneuvering that was performed. it would've been easy for this person. >> as we were listening to the narration of that video, the -- the time was mentioned, and we want to make note it was mentioned in central time. this literally all men down minutes before the show came on the air. let me ask you about something in a situation like this, what would've happened if the pilot refused to land that plane? you hear about fighter jets being scrambled and put up next to planes and seeing what's going on. i know that's happening at higher altitudes, when pilots have become incapacitated. what's the threshold at which that happens? in this case, had that happened, what would've happened to that plane if you look like this pilot was gonna follow through on his threat to crash into walmart? >> yes, alex i'm not sure how the military would've responded to

not carry out this deed and to land the aircraft at tupelo airport.plane so they had a private pilot coaching him through it, but he abruptly diverted from the landing and continued flying north. at around 10:08 a.m. controllers lost contact with the plane, but fortunately they got confirmation that the plane had landed in the field about four minutes later, and ripley, mississippi police also tell us that paterson made a post to fit. facebook while he was up in the sky, essentially apologizing to his family, saying he didn't want to hurt anyone before ending it with the goodbye now we're told that patterson's family was at the tupelo police department and was in contact with him while he was up in the plane and presumably helped convince him to land that plane safely. the mayor tells us that the family is very grateful that paterson wasn't hurt any innocent bystanders in the area were in her bad boy, a close call for folks in tupelo, mississippi. be charles watson, fox news. coming up with nasa's moon mission launch postponed what next? we're talking

they were trying to convince him to land in tupelo.lan and decided to land somewhere else in a soybean field not far from tupelo. witnesses there tell us they heard the thud. when they went outside, they saw him with his hands up surrendering himself to police without injuring anyone else. i want you to hear from the mayor of tupelo saying that this was the best case scenario for this situation. >> so we, like i said, i think this is probably the best case scenario, you know, when i get a phone call at 6:00 in the morning from the police and fire chief, that's never a good thing, and of the thousand scenarios that i could have thought of, this is not one of them that would happen here. >> reporter: so we also know that corey patterson mid-flight posted on his facebook account apologizing, saying that he never meant to hurt anyone, he didn't want to hurt his parents or his sisters. we also learned from the mayor his family was worried about them as well. they were in contact with his family members. jim, there's still so many questions

several streets were shut down here in tupelo. certainly, a very scary, very difficult five or so hours here this morning in mississippi. >> yeah, blayne thank you for staying on top of it. appreciate it. >> we want to get to another story we've been following, at the kennedy space center, for a second time nasa's attempt to launch the artemis moon mission was scrubbed. we want to bring in tom who's been following that for us. talk us through, it time. we are anticipating this launched today and again it has been scrubbed for a second time. what went wrong? >> so here's what happened. they started dealing with a leak issue. an eight inch liquid hydrogen line this morning. they worked it, they worked it, they try to figure out where it was coming from. could they in some way overcome it? they simply couldn't. they could not overcome that leak. as a result, they were never able to put a whole lot of liquid hydrogen into the main fuel tank. as the morning progressed, they realize they were getting further and further behind on the ti

we know he was an employee at tupelo aviation. but his mindset is something we haven't had from authorities. why did he steal the plane? what was his intention? was he trying to commit suicide, trying to injure someone? those are things we don't have answered at this hour. >> police say nadia posted a good-bye message from the cockpit? >> reporter: yeah, he posted a good-bye message in that message saying he was sorry, he didn't mean to hurt his sisters and parents. posting that on facebook and after that post circled around tupelo for hours. and on that same chain, before it was since removed, people who knew him, who were facebook friends with him, said please don't do it. please turn yourself in, you have so much to live for. pleading with him not to take those extreme measures that he was threatening to do. the scary part of all of this is that he had plenty of options to go to memphis, tennessee, about 100 miles north of tupelo to go any direction really in that plane to try to injure more people but as the mayor said this wa

the ground and the rogue pilot taken into custody after threatening to crash into a walmart near tupelo. welcome to fox news live. i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm alicia acuna, the plane had been circling for hours after the suspect stole it this morning. charles watson is live with the latest on this developing story, charles. >> hey, good afternoon, guys, that plane did land, we're told by police it landed in mississippi, ashland to be more specific near highway 4. we're told that the plane did get down. we had been trying to figure out the condition of the suspect after he was taken into police custody. we have been working the phones and we know there's only one hospital there, the tippa county hospital there. we've been working phones to see if he's been there and folks have not been able to give an update specifically, but, guys, an end to a five-plus hour ordeal that started around 5:00 central time. folks saw this low flying plane circling a walmart and they thought something was strange about this, so they decided to report this to police, a short time later, this suspect reportedly

. >>> dangerous moment in the skies over tupelo, mississippi saturday. police have arrested and charged an airport worker that they say stole a plane and threatened to crash it. pete muntean has the details. >> reporter: this is quite possibly the best possible outcome of this incredible story in tupelo, mississippi where an employee of a local airport was able to get out on to the ramp, get into a twin engine beachcraft king era commuter plane that seats about six people, take off and then he said that he was going to crash into a local walmart. police in tupelo finished a briefing in which they laid out the scenario. around 5:00 a.m., they say that cory wayne patterson called 911, laid out that he was going to crash the plane into a local walmart. police were able to put negotiators on the phone with him and then they brought in another pilot who attempted to talk patterson back to the tupelo regional airport and try and have him make a landing. what is so interesting is that police say patterson came within 100 feet of a successful landing but he went

police in tupelo had finished a briefing in which they laid out the scenario..m., they say cory wayne patterson called 911, laid out that he was going to crash the plane into a local walmart, police were able to put negotiators on the phone with him, and then they brought in another pilot who attempted to talk patterson back to the tupelo regional airport and try and have him make a landing. what is so interesting is that police say patterson came within 100 feet of a successful landing, but went back around again, flew up to the northwest, they thought he was going to run out of fuel, they lost contact with him via phone, then they regained contact with him via phone, when he said that he was in a farmer's field and the plane had crash landed. police showed up in gravestown, mississippi, they say that they were able to detain him without much incident and the plane is relatively in tact. what is so interesting here is that patterson was an employee of tupelo aviation, the local fix-based operator, where he was fueling planes for a living. so police say he did

an employee of tupelo aviation. the operator of the tupelo regional airport, where he fueled airplanes. police now say that patterson did have some flying experience. they're not totally sure how much. so the big question is how he was able to start an airplane like this. a twin engine commuter plane, a beach craft king air c-90. he got on board, police say, around 5:00 a.m., made a phone call. local 911 operators picked up and they heard this threat from patterson, police say, that he was going to crash into one of the local walmarts. the plane took off. the tower there not operating. only operating part-time. circled the walmart. police negotiator were able to get in touch with him then brought in another pilot to attempt to talk him down and have him land at the airport. police say he came within 100 feet of a successful landing but then took off again and flew away to the northwest. that's when police think patterson did run out of fuel. they thought the plane was refuel refueled completely the night before. the

he then landed the plane in a soybean field, not far from tupelo. and witnesses tell us that he came out of the plane, with his hands up and surrendered himself to police. the mayor says this was the best case scenario. take a listen. >> like i said, i think this is probably the best case scenario. when i get a phone call at 6:00 in the morning from the police and fire chief, it is never a good thing. of the thousand scenarios i could have thought of, this is not one of them that would happen here. >> reporter: we're learning people in the area who were nearby when the plane landed and authorities are breathing a sigh of relief. we know now that the tsa, faa, fbi, as well as local authorities are all investigating. amara, boris? >> nadia, thank you. >>> more now on the investigation and the suspect. cory wayne patterson is charged with grand larceny and making terrorist threats. he is expected to face additional federal charges. joining us now is cnn transportation analyst mary schiavo. mary, great to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> it is sur

tupelo airline employee is going to face charges after he stole a small plane and threatened to crash into a walmart in mississippi. blayne alexander has the story. >> reporter: it took more than five hours and 50 miles to stop the flight of terror over tupelo, mississippi. >> the subject is at gunpoint. >> reporter: it ended in a deserted field where officials took corey patterson into custody hours after he stole a twin-engine plane from a regional airport and threatened to crash it into a local walmart. >> he is an employee of the tupelo airfield and does know how the fly. >> reporter: he called the authorities to say he was targeting walmart. that prompted an emergency evacuation. this is showing plane's path. how widespread is this path? >> well, this is going beyond tupelo, and this is all of north mississippi, south tennessee, and this plane could have gone anywhere. >> reporter: officials spent hours negotiating with patterson by cell phone and at one point convincing him to land. patterson had flight instruction, but not a licensed pilot did not know how the land. >> there we

instigators say 29 year old corey wayne patterson was an employee of tupelo aviation working for the 10 years as alignment fueling aircraft after the initial threat. he did not want to hurt himself or anyone else and i believe that we had what you would think would be the best case scenario tracking data from flight. radar24.com shows the planes erratic route over northern, mississippi as the pilot zigzag for several hours the aircraft began running out of fuel around 9:30 am. that's when the suspect posted what investigators are calling a goodbye message, but the plane eventually landed in a field in ripley, mississippi about 45 miles northwest of tupelo where the suspect was taken into custody we jumped on our side by side to go see if we could help and that's when we saw the pilot come out of the plane and two police officers were already there waiting. he is being charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats the federal aviation administration is now coordinating with local law enforcement on the investigation faa records show the i had a student pilot certificate is

the police chief of tupelo explains what happened. a beechcraft twin—engine aircraft and took off from two below airport today. we do know patterson has some flight instruction. we do not believe he is a licensed pilot, that is still ongoing to discover that. pilot, that is still ongoing to discoverthat. he pilot, that is still ongoing to discover that. he is an employee of two below aviation and has been 1a years, so he has access to these aircraft. at approximately 5:23am, alison from the aircraft called lee county 911 to tell them that he is going to crush this aircraft into the west main walmart in two below, mississippi. soon thereafter, two below police department and fire department evacuated it and the surrounding areas. negotiators from the police department made contact with the pilot and were able to convince him to not carry out this and land the aircraft arts tupelo airport. the pilot did not have experience to learn as a crop. a proper pilot assisted us in helping this pilot complete this. however it was not completed. u

the pilots departed from tupelo regional airport in tupelo, mississippi, earlier this morning and starilot was identified as corey patterson of shannon, mississippi. he was taken into custody by the tip of county sheriff's department. this right here could have been a situation where they could have approached guy and, you know, he could win. >> very bay for very day. they were very brave and i think they have that situation. very good. >> shortly after the plane landed people from the small community were driving by and stopping to talk about what happened and take pictures. they were also breathing a sigh of relief, but it ended peacefully. >> i out of the airplane. there's some video that we're hayes held in his hands up and that put him in handcuffs and put him in a cop car. >> of course, we all know the damage that a plane can do. we you know, we are. we missed that with 9.11, you know, so we just blessed to be here and i thank god they he brought it to without harming himself or anyone else to pillows. police chief says 4th tower was not manned at the time. patterson took off. >>

we are talking about just after 5 am he hopped into this plane at the tupelo regional airport, where an employee and has been an employee for the better part of a decade officials say. he got in and threaten crashed into this walmart then flew around for another five hours before ultimately coming to a land in that field. remember, yasmin this is labor day weekend. a chief told me that typically they only have about 15 or so officers staffed but yesterday they called in seven the officers from a number of jurisdictions all to try to bring this to a peaceful ending. fortunately that's what took place. we'll be watching a lot more to come from here in tupelo. >> i just want to -- we mistakenly showed a photo of the suspect, from the plane incident during our story on the missing jogger. i want to apologize for that mistake now. -- john fetterman in his response to president biden's speech on democracy. republicans on the maga movement are not the ones trying to undermine our democracy. we are the ones trying to save our democracy. our democracy. ♪ pop rock music ♪ >> tech: my customer

he actually worked at that airport, in tupelo. he worked there for about a decade. he was responsible for refusing the aircraft. he had access to these planes. we're also learning more, the police chief gave me more of an insight to what this process was like ultimately getting him to bring the plane down, not injure anybody, and surrender without any incident. he said they were talking to him by cell phone the entire time. and actually his family, the suspect's family, was involved in some wayne actually bringing this to an aunt. they actually came and re-speaking to him. he couldn't give me details of what they said. but he said they were speaking to him and they were instrumental in bringing this to an end without any sort of incident. a couple of things that stood out to me. early in this flight, about three hours or so, and he agreed to land. he said, i'll go ahead and land safely. but he didn't know how. he only had a few hours of pilot instruction. but he wasn't a licensed pilot, officials say. so they brought into pilots that talk to him, talked him through

a suspect is in custody after police in tupelo, mississippi, say he took to the sky, threatening to crashnto a walmart. >> i'm elise preston in tupelo, mississippi, where authorities are calling it a potential crime of opportunity. >>> also, tonight heat and fire scorch the west. thousands evacuated in northern california as flames torched homes and cars. this as blistering heat sets records across the west. >> how hot can it get in here? is very hot. as you can feel it, this is a good 20 degrees up, then it is outside. >> the danger ahead this holiday weekend. >>> in florida today, nasa's new moon rocket grounded again. a

but the plan landed northwest of tupelo. back in 2018, a similar incident in washington state.forming dangerous maneuvers in the sky for an hour. fighter jets prepared to shoot him down until he crashed into an island and was killed. experts say these cases, although rare, have exposed vulnerability with airport workers able to clear without question. one official saying he expects the faa to issued new guidance to tighten. secret protocols. . the suspect was ordered held without bond, making terrorist threats. no word on a possible motive. julian: we have any update from nasa, they say they will not be trying for a third launch of the artemis rocket until at least september 19 after the second attempt was scrubbed. officials decided to scrub the launch after they could not stop a fuel leak. administrator bill nelson says we should not be concerned, scrubs are expected in space exploration. >> a flight 36 years ago, we scrubbed it four times. looking back, had relaunched any one of those, it would not have been a good day. julian: nasa's artemis mission look to some people back

the suspect worked at the tupelo airport for the last 10 years.planes were stored. he took off out of that small airport which only has one runway. >> he has access to these aircraft. he fueled the aircraft. we do know that that aircraft was fully fueled the night before. >> corey patterson who you are looking at now is behind bars charged with grand larceny making terroristic threats. he threatened to crash that stolen airplane and to the tupelo mississippi walmart on saturday. leading investigators to evacuate that walmart and the nearby convenience store. here is a closer look. it left the entire community worried for their safety. circling at altitudes of 1200 feet according to flight aware.com. people were getting these videos from standing right below it. they did convince patterson to return to the airport but then he said i don't know how to land the airplane. he had been flying around for five hours. he was low on fuel. moments later he was handcuffed and arrested. police say they expect federal charges to soon be filed in the suspect pos

. >>> a dangerous moment in the skies over tupelo, mississippi, on saturday.upelo police have arrested an airport worker they say stole a plane and threatened to crash it. residents recorded these images showing a twin engine plane, highlighted there, flying low over homes and farms. the man at the controls reportedly called 911 and threatened to crash the plane into a local walmart. both the store and the immediate area were evacuated. you can see the erratic and unpredictable flight path as the pilot kept the plane in the air for hours. police kept talking with the suspect throughout. listen to this. >> negotiators from tupelo police department made contact with the pilot and were able to convince him to not carry out this deed. we have since learn he landed near the gravestown fire department on highway 4 west in between ashland and ripley. the pilot is in custody currently. >> the suspect is being held on charges of making terroristist threats and grand larceny. police say he worked at the airport for ten years and doesn't appear to be a licensed pilot. it

this is the small plane which circled the town of tupelo for more than 2 hours. the pilot contacted emergency services to make the threat, which prompted the evacuation of the store and surrounding area. police say the plane was still coin, patterson stole a beechcraft king air c 90 twin engine aircraft and took off from the to blow airport. today we do know, patterson has some flight instruction. who do not believe he has a license followed that is still going to discover that he is an employee of tupelo aviation and has been for 10 years. so he has access to these aircraft. at least 20 people have been killed by suspected alicia about fighters in somalia, heroic region. the armed group targeted a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid on friday night. rescuers attempting to reach the area encountered landmines. a shabbat has carried out several attacks against the somali government in recent weeks. at least 10 buildings have been destroyed. after a petrol tanker exploded in oakland state in southwestern nigeria, it believe the truck overturned after the dri

but the plane eventually landed in a field a in mississippi about 45 miles northwest of tupelo. >> wewe saw the pilot come out of the plane and two police officers were already waiting. >> he's being charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats. >> records show patterson had a student pilot certificate issued in 2013. investigators say he worked for a company had tupelo airport. >> there are new details about the documents seized in mar-a-lago including thousands of empty folders marked classified. abc news reporters report from the justice department the full inventory that was unsealed. >> those unsealed court records raising new questions about what happened to thousands of classified documents at mar-a-lago. over 11,000 documents were seized by the fbi according to the detailed property list. 48 empty folders were labeled classified. 42 empty folders were categorized as "return to staff secretary, military aid." top-secret documents according to the inventory were found in boxes with ink like newspaper clippings, clothing. >> one question now, where are those classifi

not carry out this deed and to land the aircraft at tupelo airport.g the plane, so they had a private pilot coached him to come down. but paterson aborted the landing and disappeared. officials were able to track him down several hours later after he safely landed in a field. he is now facing charges of grand larceny and making terroristic threats is still unclear. the motivation behind the stunt. one of the most successful duos in country music have, at least for now played their final show together. florida georgia line told the audience at the minnesota state fair that they were closing an incredible chapter of their lives and will now embark on solo careers. the seniors tyler hubbard other reps of a feud date back to the 2020 election. kelly seen there under right, is an avid supporter of former president donald trump. will hubbard and his wife are vocal critics. the couple, even unfollowed kelly on instagram, saying they were troubled by his political posts. report says amazon could abandoned plans to build more facilities across the country. tha

he had a job at tupelo airport fueling aircraft.ailed in jackson, mississippi leaving thousands unable to access clean tap water. thousands of jacksons residence should have near-normal water pressure now. the improved water pressure is an important step forward. engineers are on-site to help restore some of the systems. efforts to restore the sigte were set back when a regularities in water pressure were detected. zohreen shah reports from the justice department with the full inventory of documents unsealed from former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home. >> over 11,000 documents were seized by the fbi according to the detailed property list. 48 empty folders were labeled " classified." 42 empty folders were labeled " return to military aid." many of the documents were found in boxes with clothing and gifts. >> those documents could be with the archives now. we don't know. they need to determine what was in those folders. >> sources telling abc news that investigators are worried that classified documents may have been mishand

we know that suspect as we go before a judge here in tupelo in less than two hours.you can see, the walmart here behind me is back opening bustling serving customers. for much saturday morning it was evacuated along with a number of nearby homes and busy roads in the area, all with that plane flying overhead and no idea when or where it would come down. >> officials are still trying to determine why they say 20 nine-year-old cory patterson a tenure employee at tupelo regional airport hopped into a twin engine plane saturday morning and took off. police say the first 9-1-1 call came from the suspect himself. >> from the aircraft called 9-1-1 to tell them that he is going to crash this aircraft into the west main walmart. >> the call came in just after 5 am and triggered a massive evacuation. nearby businesses, homes, even major streets all cleared. this map shows the planes erratic flight pattern as officials on the ground tried by cell phone to talk patterson down. they say patterson, who had flight experience, but officials believe was not a licensed pilot, at one p

threatened to crash it into a supermarket. aircraft circle the store for several hours in the city of tupelo and the building was evacuated. india has shown off its 1st locally built aircraft carrier that i can't, is going to into service as one of the world's biggest naval vessels. after 17 years of construction and test and is trying to reduce its dependence on foreign weapons and counter chinese assertiveness. sri lanka, former president, got to buy a raj epoxy has returned to his country. 7 weeks after fleeing the island. he was forced out of office after months of mass protests over an economic inch monitor in crisis. there are calls for his arrest and an investigation into corruption. in pakistan, the humanitarian crisis caused by weeks of monsoon. rain and flooding is getting worse. areas in the south are likely to be flooded again as water surges from rivers in the north or the $1200.00 people have been killed and much of pakistan is under water. the un says the scale of the disaster is unprecedented and officials or warning of the danger from disease and even famine has uri, debbie

he could now face terrorism charges they across to circle the soulful several hours in the city of tupelo. and the building was also evacuated. and the law seater of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev, has been laid to rest in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of 91. after a long illness crowds lined up to see him lying in state. he was not given the kind of funeral, usually held for former leaders. ah, saying good bye to one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. the man who bought the cold war to an end was not given a stay funeral. in fact, the ceremony was more notable for its absences. president vladimir putin, too busy to attend on western leaders, didn't travel to russia as moscow's invasion of ukraine has solid relations. the law. so the leader was given an honory god. his daughter and grandchildren looked on as a relatively modest funeral, went ahead moscow's nova, to each he cemetery a place where many prominent russians lie buried earlier thousands of ordinary musk of i, it's queued up to pay their last respects at the pillar hole, where gorbachev open

emergency services to make the threat, which prompted the evacuation of the store in the town of tupelo and the surrounding area. at least 10 buildings had been destroyed. after a petrol tanker exploded in oakland state in southwestern nigeria, it's believed the truck overturned after the driver lost control. residents posted the aftermath of the destruction to social media. no one was killed or injured. those are the headlines. the newest continues here on al jazeera, after witness, thanks for watching. in columbia, transforming a been waiting to building a still for a same for the west plastic the war we can finish day. i was in charge of fishing. america just can use any single pole. critical forms and living buildings. anything you do on land, on the ground, doesn't make sense to do that. a pile and a building. and we might have not just decorative that can we might get biologically productive earth, right. describe as cutting edge solution for sustainable city. on al jazeera k the pressure machines attributed office shall come and get you in a calm purple sheet. she fell down to pi

not carry out this deed and to land the aircraft at tupelo airport. >> julie: that the tupelo policeaccident. now, wal-mart is saying this, and i quote. we're grateful saturday's situation ended without incident. everyone involved is safe. we'll continue working with area investigators as needed and refer all other questions to law enforcement. the 29-year-old faces grand larceny and terrorism charges. he is awaiting arraignment in jail. a judge denied him bond yesterday. >> griff: it's the official last day of summer. industry analysts say labor day weekend travel is bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels. aaa estimating nearly 48 million americans are on the road this holiday. more than 12.5 million are flying. so how are things looking after a summer of flight delays and cancellations? bill melugin is live at l.a. x. hey, bill. >> good morning. to my surprise i went into the united terminal a few moments ago, checked the board. not a single delay or cancellation so far. everything on time. however, it's going to get busier as the day goes on. we'll have to see if that remains the ca

investigators say patterson worked for tupelo aviation for the last ten years. that explains how he was able to get hold of this plane. around 5:00 in the morning on saturday police say he stole a beechcraft twin engine plane, called 911 and threatened to crash it into the local walmart there. after more than five hours in the air and running out of fuel patterson landed safely in a field and was promptly arrested. amazingly no one was injured, not even patterson himself. the faa is now investigating. >>> still ahead, two missing women and many unanswered questions. one moved to the u.s., met a man on craigslist and has vanished. the other missing after going on an early morning jog. we'll discuss the cases coming up next. we're a different kind of dentistry. one who believes in doing anything it takes to make dentistry work for your life. so we offer a complete exam and x-rays free to new paties without insuraplus, patients. get 20% off their treatment plan. we're on yourorner and in your corner every step of the way. because your anything is our everything. as

he was arrested following an hours long ordeal over the skies of tupelo, mississippi. he's being charged with grand larceny and making terrorist threats. it's expected he will also face federal charges. investigators say patters on worked for the tupelo aviation for the last ten years, but around 5:00 saturday morning, police say he stole a beeccraft king twin-engine plane and then called 911 threatening to crash it into a local walmart. after more than five hours in the air, he landed the plane safely in a field but he was promptly arrested. no one was injured. the faa is also now investigating. >>> multiple shootings across the country last night as america continues to grapple with the gun violence epidemic. a mass shooting near norfolk state university, seven people were injured, and just announced two people have now died from fir gunshot wounds. the suspect in that is still unknown. in south carolina, five people were hurt in a shooting in downtown charleston. police arrested two people in connection with that incident. and at the popular minnesota state fair, a

he stole and threatened to crash into a walmart in tupelo, mississippi. refer to police chief there who tells us patterson is a ten year employee of tupelo aviation where he fuels planes. police are not sure at this point if he is in fact a licensed pilot. but they do believe patterson has at least some flight experience that made it possible for him to not only potentially fueled the aircraft, but to steal it and fly it for as long as he did. nearly six hours. as you can imagine it was concerning for police when they started getting calls early this morning with people reporting a small aircraft flying at low altitude circling a walmart. at about 5:23 a.m. this morning, called lee county 911. threatened to fly the plane into the store. that is when emergency personnel really jumped into action and evacuating the walmart and getting people out of the immediate area as they tried to tuck patterson down, listen. >> negotiators from ten to police department make contact with the pilots. they're able to convince him to not carry out this deed and to land the

. >> hi molly police tells patterson work at the tupelo regional airport for the last ten years he's familiar with the planes are stored to rent saturday morning investigators that he stole a plague, take it off right out of that small airport that only has one ru runway. alignment from two polio which means he feels the aircraft. we do know that aircraft was fully fueled the night before. >> 29 young cory patterson now behind bars. this comes after police say he threatened to crash that stolen airplane into the tupelo, mississippi walmart and senate which led to a >> with the store in a nearby convenience store near that walmart here to look at that stolen beechcraft airplane. and you can see if there that is the king air sea 90 plane which left the entire community work for their safety. the plane was actually flying pretty erratically circling altitudes around 1200 feet. soon negotiators said they did convince patterson to return back to the airport but he did not win or how to really lend that plane. by that point the plaintiff employing for so long, it was low on fuel but eventu

police know his name and say he worked for a company at the airport in tupelo. >>> another setback on the launch pad in florida. nasa officials had to scrub the launch of the artemis 1 lunar mis due to technical issues. the mission is now delayed for weeks. kristin fisher is at the kennedy space center. wow, kristin. this is just coming into us that this mission is now going to be delayed for weeks because of this issue with this leak. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, well, the nasa leadership is briefing reporters about this as we speak. it's ongoing, but here's what we know now. basically there was a hydrogen leak this morning on the launch pad, a big leak, much bigger than the one on monday, and there was likely some damage to what nasa calls -- this is very nasa lingo, they call them the soft goods on the seal. so essentially this is the seal where thunderere's a pump, they pumping super cold liquid hydrogen into the main tank, there was a leak there, and those soft goods, that seal was da damaged. now they need to fix it. the big question now is can they fix it at the lau

he worked at the tupelo regional airport, fueling aircraft, and that's how he allegedly got access to the plane at a time when that airport was closed. this morning, the man who allegedly set off an emergency scramble in mississippi with a stolen plane is behind bars. 29-year-old corey patterson behind bars, facing criminal charges after police say he snatched this twin-engine plane and then threatened to intentionally crash it into a walmart. investigators say patterson called 911 shortly after sneaking onto the plane around 5:00 a.m. saturday. >> he made an approach from the north. probably a hundred feet off the runway before he pulled up. >> reporter: police evacuating the walmart, declaring the area surrounding tupelo a danger zone. to avoid the area while negotiators tried to convince the 29-year-old to safely land the plane, but online showing the plane crisscrossing the skies over mississippi for hours. >> this is a five-ton airplane, fully loaded, 600 pounds of gas it would have done terrible damage if he had followed through. >> reporter: the suspect even apparently leaving

this isn't your fault goodbye, but the plane eventually landed in a field northwest of tupelo where he arrested. oh my god. oh my god is he okay back in 2018 a similar incident in washington state a baggage handler at sea-tac airport stolen empty passenger plane performing dangerous maneuvers in the sky for an hour fighter jets prepared to shoot him down until he crashed into an island and was killed experts say these cases although rare have exposed of vulnerability with airport workers able to clear security without question one former. ntsb officials saying he expects the faa and homeland security to issue new guidance to titan security protocols the suspect in mississippi. corey patterson was ordered held without bond charged with larceny and making terrorist threats no word yet on a possible motive, brianna nalley abc news, new york nasa says it will not try for a third launch of the artemis 1 rocket until at least september the 19th after the second launchage attempt was great shuttle. we scrubbed four times looking back. had we launched on any one of those scrubs. it wouldn't ha