The article looks at Cory Wayne Patterson and to determine if he was a terrorist.
Who is Cory Wayne Patterson?
He is a 29 year old USA citizen or US man.
Cory Wayne Patterson is said to have worked at Tupelo Airport.
He had some flying lessons but does not hold a license to fly a plane.
Cory Wayne Patterson had circled in a field in Tupelo for hours.
He was arrested upon landing the plane.
Cory Patterson is said to have access to the plane because he works there.
He is said to have called 911 threatening to crash the plane to Walmart.
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Negotiators convince Cory Patterson to land the plane, but he could land because he did not have the skills to do so.
He could equally not land at the airport, but was assisted by pilots on the ground to bring the plane down safelyd in Ashland, a sparsely populated part of Mississippi
The aircraft that Cory W. Patterson used was a white Beechcraft King Air twin engine plane.
The plane is capable of carrying over ten people and has a wingspan of 50ft and weighs over three tonnes.
Flight-trackers which were monitoring the plane kept its movement as it charted an erratic course above the city.
There was even a live stream by a reporter of local television station WTVA showed the aircraft sitting stationary in a field.
Is Cory Wayne Patterson a terrorist?
It is not clear if he can be regarded as a terrorist. He has been speculated that he could face terror changes.
But, come to think of it. Police Officers said he posted this on Facebook at 09:30 local time “in essence […] said goodbye.”
Why was he saying goodbye, given that he had threatened to fly the plane into Walmart.
The date of his action is another thing.September 11, is just around when the USA remembers what happened on that day.
The police has assured they will be working with the FBI to determine the motives of Cory Wayne Patterson.
Where did Cory Wayne Patterson crash land his stolen plane?
Patterson allegedly stole the Beechcraft King Air C90A moments after 5 a.m. This happened when the air traffic control tower was left unmanned.
Cory Wayne Patterson landed the plane in “a field several miles northwest of Ripley Airport in Ripley, Mississippi”
The Beechcraft plane sustained minimal damage during the landing.
