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A shadowy Twin Otter airplane linked to the CIA has returned to the U.S. after spending four months in an Ontario hamlet near Sault Ste.Marie.
Flight data shows the de Havilland DHC-6-300 left tiny Bar River last Friday, apparently following extensive repairs.
It stopped briefly in Akron, Ohio, before landing Saturday in Smithfield, N.C., a known aviation hub for U.S. intelligence. Yesterday it flew to the Manassas, Va. airport, not far from CIA headquarters.
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration records show the aircraft, with tail number N6161Q, is registered to Aviation Specialties, one of several firms believed to be a CIA front.
The plane has reportedly been seen in Nevada, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq,Malta, and Ireland and the UK.
It had set down in Sault Ste. Marie in early October after taking off from Michigan's Jackson County Airport. The 22-seat turboprop then made the short trip to a private airport just southwest of Bar River.
An airport official contacted in December said he does not discuss airplanes that use the facility, which houses a service centre, out of respect for customers' privacy.
Records indicate aircraft allegedly controlled by the CIA continue to use Canadian airports amid unanswered questions about their activities.
Last fall, the Bloc Quebecois pressed the federal government to reveal details of the flights, concerned U.S. intelligence may be ferrying terrorist suspects through Canada to countries where they could be interrogated.
The Public Safety Department said last month a federal review of landings by alleged CIA airplanes at Canadian airports found no evidence of 'illegal activities'
Flight data shows the de Havilland DHC-6-300 left tiny Bar River last Friday, apparently following extensive repairs.
It stopped briefly in Akron, Ohio, before landing Saturday in Smithfield, N.C., a known aviation hub for U.S. intelligence. Yesterday it flew to the Manassas, Va. airport, not far from CIA headquarters.
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration records show the aircraft, with tail number N6161Q, is registered to Aviation Specialties, one of several firms believed to be a CIA front.
The plane has reportedly been seen in Nevada, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq,Malta, and Ireland and the UK.
It had set down in Sault Ste. Marie in early October after taking off from Michigan's Jackson County Airport. The 22-seat turboprop then made the short trip to a private airport just southwest of Bar River.
An airport official contacted in December said he does not discuss airplanes that use the facility, which houses a service centre, out of respect for customers' privacy.
Records indicate aircraft allegedly controlled by the CIA continue to use Canadian airports amid unanswered questions about their activities.
Last fall, the Bloc Quebecois pressed the federal government to reveal details of the flights, concerned U.S. intelligence may be ferrying terrorist suspects through Canada to countries where they could be interrogated.
The Public Safety Department said last month a federal review of landings by alleged CIA airplanes at Canadian airports found no evidence of 'illegal activities'