Plane ‘hijacker’ who threatened to crash into supermarket faces terror charges

The suspect in a plane hijacking which put a US state on red alert today faces terror charges.

Police said a man in a stolen plane above Mississippi had threatened to crash it into a Walmart supermarket.

He eventually landed safely in a rural area after more than four hours terrifying people on the ground.

Police have named the suspect as Cory Wayne Patterson and said he faces charges of grand larceny and making terrorist threats.

Investigators said he works at Tupelo Airport and had some flight lessons but did not hold a pilot’s licence.

The local police chief John Quaka said Patterson could also face federal charges.

The plane was pictured flying low above Mississippi and is threatening to crash into a Walmart (Picture: Twitter)

Flight data reveals the erratic path taken by the pilot over around four hours (Picture: Reuters)

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