Plane lands safely following crash threat in Mississippi

Authorities later said the pilot had been taken into custody

Police say the pilot of the small plane is threatening to crash the aircraft into a Walmart store (Rachel McWilliams via AP)

A plane that had been circling over northern Mississippi after its pilot had threatened to crash it into the ground has landed safely, US officials said.

State governor Tate Reeves announced on Twitter that the “situation has been resolved and that no-one was injured”.