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| Stolen plane lands on US highway | Stolen plane lands on US highway |
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| A small plane reported stolen from an airport in Canada has been intercepted by US fighter jets and forced to land in the US state of Missouri. | A small plane reported stolen from an airport in Canada has been intercepted by US fighter jets and forced to land in the US state of Missouri. |
| Pentagon officials said the pilot had flown erratically and did not respond to requests to establish contact. | Pentagon officials said the pilot had flown erratically and did not respond to requests to establish contact. |
| The pursuit continued across Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois before the plane landed on a highway near Ellsinore. | The pursuit continued across Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois before the plane landed on a highway near Ellsinore. |
| A state trooper who helped arrest the man said he had wanted to kill himself by being shot down. | A state trooper who helped arrest the man said he had wanted to kill himself by being shot down. |
| A spokeswoman from the US Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna 172 came from a flight school at Thunder Bay Airport, Ontario, from where it was reported stolen. | A spokeswoman from the US Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna 172 came from a flight school at Thunder Bay Airport, Ontario, from where it was reported stolen. |
| The head of the school, Judi Maundrell, said someone apparently "jumped over the fence and just jumped into an aircraft". | |
| "It was sitting as usual parked on the ramp. The keys are in all the aircraft because students are using them," she said. | "It was sitting as usual parked on the ramp. The keys are in all the aircraft because students are using them," she said. |
| The single-engine aircraft was intercepted by fighter jets, but kept heading south. | The single-engine aircraft was intercepted by fighter jets, but kept heading south. |
| It landed about six hours after the reported theft, according to officials. | It landed about six hours after the reported theft, according to officials. |
| The Missouri state trooper who made the arrest said the pilot told him he had hoped to be shot down. | The Missouri state trooper who made the arrest said the pilot told him he had hoped to be shot down. |
| "He made a statement that he was trying to commit suicide and he didn't have the courage to do it himself," Justin Watson told ABC television. | "He made a statement that he was trying to commit suicide and he didn't have the courage to do it himself," Justin Watson told ABC television. |
| "And his idea was to fly the aircraft into the United States, where he would be shot down." | "And his idea was to fly the aircraft into the United States, where he would be shot down." |