re: Stolen plane threating to crash into a Tupelo Walmart

You're a Benton County Sheriff Deputy, one minute you're enjoying a quiet Saturday morning riding around, the next you're taking down a guy who stole a plane in a field.

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Wow. What a waste of fuel!

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Kids ESG score is shite due to that carbon footprint

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The farmer: “now how the hell am I supposed to get that out of my goddamn field

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That'd make on helluva duck blind in crowley

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You're a Benton County Sheriff Deputy, one minute you're enjoying a quiet Saturday morning riding around, the next you're taking down a guy who stole a plane in a field.

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One of the officers said "Uh, I think we're supposed to call the FAA'

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bullshite, that's one badass story once he's served time and is rehabilitated

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Yeah putting peoples lives in danger is so bad arse and cool

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This early into the investigation (has an investigation actually been commenced yet), what do we know about how he got control of the aircraft?

All I’ve heard is that the aircraft belonged to someone else, which would almost certainly indicate that his entry into the cockpit might not have been authorized. (Barring being in there for some legitimate purpose immediately preceding taking off with the plane.) Even if he worked at the airport and had a key for occasional access to the plane, if he was not supposed to be in there at the time, he would technically be “breaking into” the cockpit even if he used a key.

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We know the plane belongs to SOUTHEAST AVIATION LLC,Doyle Land Renfroe who is a physician in Oxford

We know the kid was an employee at the airport....

The plane had been in Tupelo since August 26th.....

The kid likely had access and just straight up stole the plane.

BTW...there is no cockpit door like you are suggesting....all he had to do was open the fuselage door and climb right into the cockpit

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he'll never get the ESPN GameDay Wheels Up gig where you fly in the guest picker, COry fricked up

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What a gif that would be flying by in the background of Corso, Fowler, Herbstreit and the gang of a game day crowd.

Dude fricking threatened to crash into a populated area and I’m the drama queen for not thinking he’s some badass?

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I’m curious if he had flight training. Landing successfully in a bean field like that isn’t easy

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You ever heard of The Barefoot Bandit? If not:

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Colton Harris Moore (born March 22, 1991) is an American former fugitive. He was charged with the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in property, including several small aircraft, boats, and multiple cars, all committed while still a teenager.

Moore is suspected of being responsible for approximately 100 thefts in Washington, Idaho, and Canada, including bicycles, automobiles, light aircraft, and speedboats.[15] It is believed that he learned how to fly small planes by reading aircraft manuals, handbooks, watching a "How to fly a small airplane" DVD, and playing flight simulator computer games.[17] One plane he stole was a Cessna 182, FAA registration number N24658, belonging to then KZOK-FM radio personality Bob Rivers, valued at over $150,000.[20] The plane was later recovered from a Yakama Indian Reservation crash site. Though badly damaged, it was rebuilt and is in Florida.[21]

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